Jobseekers Allowance Claimant Rates (July 2012)

18 July 2012

Hi all,

The latest Jobseekers Allowance Claimant rates for June 2012 are now available on the site in the Jobs & Prosperity section, here are some of the headline findings from the new release:

Jobseekers allowance claimant counts have decreased in all Greater Manchester authorities this month.

The claimant rate in Rochdale Borough has decreased (for the fourth month in a row) to 5.8% (from 5.9%) with the number of claimants decreasing from 7,683 in May to 7,627 in June (a decrease of 56 claimants).

Rochdale Borough remains the authority with the highest proportion of claimants in Greater Manchester. Oldham have the second highest claimant rate and the gap between Rochdale and Oldham remains at 0.2 percentage points with both authorities again witnessing a decrease in claimants this month.

Youth unemployment again decreased in the borough in June to 2,335 (from 2,455 in May), representing 9.5% of the population age group. The vast majority of this number is made up of people aged 18-24 with only 5 people below the age of 18 claiming JSA in Rochdale Borough. Long term youth claimants (those claiming for six months or more) also decreased this month to 1,005 claimants (from 1,040 in May).

The number of JSA claimants per live unfilled Jobcentre Plus vacancy has seen a large decrease from 6.6 in May to 3.9 in June due to the continuing decline in JSA claimants and a large increase in the number of job vacancies in the borough (from 1,160 in May to 1,963 in June). A breakdown of the available vacancies in the borough show that of the 1,963 vacant posts in June 1,478 are full-time vacancies compared to 485 which are part time.

Thanks
Research & Intelligence Team