Labour Market Information: November 2016

• Unemployment is 1,604,000, down 52,000 from last month’s published figure (quarterly headline down 37,000).
• The number of claimant unemployed is 803,300, up 9,800 on last month, the claimant rate is 2.3%.
• The number of workless young people (Not in Education, Employment or Training) is 1,022,000, up 1,000 on the quarter, representing 14.2% of the youth population (up 0.1%).
• Youth unemployment (including students) is 591,000, down 36,000 on the quarter.
• There are 2.1 unemployed people per vacancy.
• The employment rate is 74.5%, no change on last month’s published figure