UK Unemployment by Area

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Description

This dataset contains the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) as well as those who claim Universal Credit and are required to seek work and be available for work. This is the headline indicator of the number of people claiming benefits principally for the reason of being unemployed. Emsi updates Claimant Counts every month with the latest data available. Data is available for the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland).

Questions answered by this dataset

• What city has the highest number of unemployment claims?
• Have unemployment claims in Manchester increased or decreased over time?

Metrics

• Counts: The number of people who applied for Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit benefits in the year-month-area combination specified.

Filters

• Area (Nation, Country, NUTS1, NUTS3, and LAU1)
• Year
• Month

Core LMI Metadata