Regional Labour Market Statistics, July 2012

via ONS Media Centre

This bulletin shows the latest key labour market statistics for the regions and countries of Great Britain along with statistics for local authorities, travel-to-work areas and parliamentary constituencies.

Key points

• Employment rate highest in the East of England (75.0 per cent) and lowest in the North East (66.5 per cent)
• Unemployment rate highest in the North East (10.9 per cent) and lowest in the South West (5.9 per cent)
• Inactivity rate highest in the North East (25.2 per cent) and lowest in the East of England (19.6 per cent)
• Claimant Count rate highest in the North East (7.7 per cent) and lowest in the South East (3.1 per cent)

Get all the tables for this publication in the data section of this publication (Excel files).

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