JSA Claimants: - Centre for Cities

JSA Claimants:
December 2014
City**
Change in JSA claimant count rate*
Feb 08-Nov 14***
Change in number of Claimant
JSA claimants count rate %
Feb 08-Nov 14***
Nov 14
Total JSA
claimants
Nov 14
Cities with the highest % point increase in JSA claimants
Belfast
Newport
Bradford
Cardiff
Leeds
Sheffield
Grimsby
Bristol
Nottingham
Hull
City**
2.1
1.0
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.2
Change in JSA claimant count rate*
Feb 08-Nov 14***
9,400
1,040
3,180
2,060
2,470
3,180
380
1,730
1,170
260
4.4
3.9
3.8
2.9
3.0
3.0
3.9
1.7
2.9
4.9
Change in number of Claimants
JSA claimants count rate %
Feb 08-Nov 14***
Nov 14
19,060
3,630
12,420
6,900
15,090
15,630
3,900
8,080
12,360
8,320
Total JSA
claimants
Nov 14
Cities with the lowest % point increase in JSA claimants
Oxford
Luton
Brighton
Cambridge
Stoke
Peterborough
Rochdale
Coventry
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Great Britain
-0.5
-0.6
-0.6
-0.7
-0.7
-0.8
-1.0
-1.0
-1.3
-1.5
-0.1
-470
-430
-1,040
-530
-1,620
-690
-1,230
-1,820
-5,760
-2,720
-26,232
0.9
2.1
1.7
0.7
2.0
1.9
2.1
2.2
3.2
1.9
2.0
1,010
2,890
3,900
690
4,730
2,340
2,770
4,870
16,770
3,730
798,066
*Percentage Point change
**We have used data for Primary Urban Areas (PUA) – a measure of the ‘built-up’ area of a city, rather than
individual local authority districts.
***February 2008 - the lowest point on the UK claimant count series – is used here as the initial measurement point to take into account the
extended duration of the recession.
Source: ONS (from Nomis on 17 December 2014
See www.citiesoutlook.org for further city by city data