- The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.5%, down 0.1 percentage points from November 2012 to January 2013 but up 0.7 percentage points from a year earlier. There were 29.76 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 24,000 from November 2012 to January 2013 and up 432,000 from a year earlier.
- The unemployment rate was 7.8% of the economically active population, unchanged from November 2012 to January 2013 but down 0.4 percentage points from a year earlier. There were 2.51 million unemployed people, down 5,000 from November 2012 to January 2013 and down 88,000 from a year earlier.
- The inactivity rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 22.4%, up 0.1 percentage points from November 2012 to January 2013 but down 0.5 from a year earlier. There were 8.99 million economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64, up 40,000 from November 2012 to January 2013 but down 199,000 from a year earlier.
- Total pay rose by 1.3% compared with February to April 2012. Regular pay rose by 0.9% over the same period.
Regional Labour Market Statistics
- Employment rate highest in the South East (74.8%) and lowest in the North East (66.6%).
- Unemployment rate highest in the North East (10.1%) and lowest in the South West (6.2%).
- Inactivity rate highest in the North East (25.8%) and lowest in the South East (19.8%).
- Claimant Count rate highest in the North East (7.2%) and lowest in the South East (2.7%).
With sincere apologies for this being late, it got caught up in the change from using Google Reader!
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