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Scotland’s Labour Market – Latest Developments
Denise Patrick
Lifelong Learning Analytical Services Division
25th May 2010
Employment rate (working age), 2008-2010
60.0
62.0
64.0
66.0
68.0
70.0
72.0
74.0
76.0
78.0
Jan-Mar 2008 Jan-Mar 2009 Jan-Mar 2010
% o
f w
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e
Scotland England Wales Northern Ireland UK
Unemployment rate (16+), 2008-2010
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
9.0
10.0
Jan-Mar 2008 Jan-Mar 2009 Jan-Mar 2010
% o
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ally
act
ive
Scotland England Wales Northern Ireland UK
Unemployment rate (16+) by government office
region – change on previous 3 months
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8S
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rate
Unemployment rate (16+) by government office
region - change over year
-0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
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Unemployment rate by gender (16+), Scotland,
2008-2010
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
Jan-Mar 2008 Jan-Mar 2009 Jan-Mar 2010
% o
f al
l eco
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ally
act
ive
Male Female
Impact across age groups
• Youth unemployment (18-24 year olds) in Scotland up 0.1 percentage points– lowest increase over the past year– considerably lower than UK increase (up 1.7 percentage points)
• Youth unemployment still remains lower in Scotland at 14.0% (compared to 17.8% in the UK)
• In Scotland, 48,000 young people unemployed, making up 22.2% of all people unemployed – In the UK this is higher with 28.5% of all those unemployed aged
18-24 years
Unemployment rate by age, 2007- 2010
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
16.0%
18.0%
20.0%
Jan-Mar 2007 Jul-Sep 2007 Jan-Mar 2008 Jul-Sep 2008 Jan-Mar 2009 Jul-Sep 2009 Jan-Mar 2010
% o
f al
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16-24 25-49 50-59/64 All
Percentage change in employee jobs,
Dec 2008 - Dec 2009, Scotland and UK
-14%-12%-10%
-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%
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Some good news
• Claimant count unemployment decreased by 1,000 over the month to April 2010
• Third consecutive monthly decrease
• Claimant count rate in Scotland is now 4.9%,
compared to 4.7% in the UK
Percentage change in numbers on Claimant
Count over Month and Year by Local Authority
-15%
-10%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
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% Change Over Previous Month % Change Over 1 Year
Annual percentage point increase in claimant count rate 18-24 yr olds by Local Authority
-1.5%
-1.0%
-0.5%
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
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Online resources
• Nomis https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp• Labour Market Statistics website
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market
• Scottish Neighbourhood Statisticshttp://www.sns.gov.uk/
• DWP Tab Tool http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp
• Future Skills Scotland – Key Indicatorshttp://www.keyindicators.org.uk/
NOMIS
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp• APS (labour force), ASHE (earnings), Claimant Count
(unemployment), DWP benefits, Jobcentre Plus vacancies, Population estimates, ABI (employees by industry - need permission)
☺User friendly interface to get some detailed statistics
☺Up to date
Labour Market Statistics Website
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market
Publications – Annual Population SurveyPublic Sector Employment
Economic profiles – Local Authority, Parliamentary Constituency
- updated monthly
Datasets – Employment, unemployment, earnings - some data for LAs - some historical data
SNS – Labour Market Data
Economic Activity, Benefits and Tax Credits
Labour Market
Employment Economic Activity
New Deal
Age and sex based unemployment
Navigation path using Advanced Reporter
SNS – Labour Market Data
Economic Activity, Benefits and Tax Credits
Earnings
Navigation path using Advanced Reporter
SNS – Labour Market Data
Economic Activity, Benefits and Tax Credits
Combination of Key Benefits
Workless Client Group
Navigation path using Advanced Reporter
SNS – Labour Market Data
Education, Skills and Training
Skills and training
Job related training
Highest qualification (working age)
Navigation path using Advanced Reporter
SNS – Labour Market Data
Business
Employees by Industry Group
Navigation path using Advanced Reporter
SNS – Labour Market Data
• Review of content and update frequency
• Aims – to align better with user needs
– to improve frequency of updates
– to investigate automation of some of the update process
DWP Tabtool
Questions?