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The table below shows the claimant count levels and rates for August 2006. In addition the Adobe document below which contains this month's quarterly summary note (including graphs and map), the table below and associated notes, and the ward based rates.

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Umemployment Note for August 2006 (10 pages, 76kb)

Information is also available for July 2006 and September 2006.

Note: Unless specified, the unemployment rates shown are the new ONS (Office of National Statistics) 'claimant count' rates, which express unemployment as a proportion of the mid-2001working age population. (Figures in brackets are narrow based workforce rates).

	Claimant Count (note 1)					% rate (note 2)
						(JSA Claimants * 100) ÷ (Working Age Pop. (16-59/64))
	Male	Female	Total	Change since last month	Change since last year	Male	Female	Total
Parliamentary Constituency Areas
Bishop Auckland	1,005	359	1,364	-5	101	3.8	1.5	2.7
City of Durham	731	285	1,016	86	7	2.4	1.0	1.7
Darlington	1,215	406	1,621	41	67	4.7	1.6	3.2
Easington	946	337	1,283	62	164	3.8	1.4	2.7
North Durham	943	349	1,292	-27	91	3.5	1.4	2.5
North West Durham	836	342	1,178	32	91	3.2	1.4	2.3
Sedgefield	814	331	1,145	41	34	3.1	1.3	2.3
Travel to Work Areas (Workforce rates only)
Bishop Auckland	2,035	765	2,800	41	136	4.0	1.6	2.8
Barnard Castle	79	35	114	-2	24	1.4	0.7	1.1
Darlington	1,283	446	1,729	40	71	4.2	1.5	2.9
Sunderland & Durham	6,513	2,129	8,642	291	920	4.3	1.5	3.0
Tyneside	14,589	4,869	19,458	-156	1,022	4.6	1.6	3.2
Districts (note 3)
Chester-le-Street	472	167	639	-1	41	2.8	1.1	1.9
Derwentside	906	374	1,280	-1	108	3.3	1.5	2.4
City of Durham	731	285	1,016	86	7	2.3	1.0	1.7
Easington	1,057	369	1,426	67	174	3.7	1.4	2.6
Sedgefield	1,028	411	1,439	27	47	3.7	1.6	2.7
Teesdale	151	58	209	-8	32	1.9	0.9	1.4
Wear Valley	859	298	1,157	10	67	4.5	1.7	3.1
County Durham (note 4)	5,204	1,962	7,166	180	476	3.3 (6.3)	1.3 (2.5)	2.3 (4.5)
Unitary Authorities
Darlington	1,286	447	1,733	50	79	4.2	1.5	2.9
Hartlepool	1,868	563	2,431	45	341	6.8	2.1	4.5
Middlesbrough	3,212	896	4,108	99	322	7.3	2.2	4.8
Redcar & Cleveland	2,374	725	3,099	43	146	5.6	1.8	3.7
Stockton-on-Tees	2,829	985	3,814	-66	491	4.8	1.7	3.3
Tees Valley	11,569	3,616	15,185	171	1,379	5.9	1.9	3.9
Gateshead	2,634	864	3,498	-78	116	4.4	1.5	3.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	4,408	1,332	5,740	70	476	4.9	1.6	3.3
North Tyneside	2,686	899	3,585	-63	332	4.5	1.6	3.1
South Tyneside	3,037	1,057	4,094	-68	8	6.4	2.4	4.5
Sunderland	4,706	1,468	6,174	134	726	5.2	1.7	3.5
	17,471	5,620	23,091	-5	1,658
Tyne & Wear	10,283	3,169	13,452	121	1,300	5.2	1.8	3.5
Cleveland (former County)	4,335	1,417	5,752	31	121	6.2	2.0	4.1
Cumbria	3,460	1,278	4,738	9	391	2.8	1.0	1.9
Northumberland	37,704	12,476	50,180	355	3,904	3.5	1.4	2.5
North East (note 4)	42,039	13,893	55,932	386	4,025	4.7 (7.1)	1.6 (2.5)	3.2 (4.9)
Northern Region (note 4)	672.9	256.6	929.5	-3	79	4.5 (6.6)	1.6 (2.3)	3.1 (4.5)
Great Britain (000s) (note 4)						3.6 (5.1)	1.5 (2.1)	2.6 (3.6)

Labour Force Surcey - May 2006 to July 2006						Male	Female	Total
Unemployment (thousands), not seasonally adjusted						Unemployment Rate %
North East	51	30	82	-	1	7.8	5.5	6.8
United Kingdom	970	699	1,670	-	270	6.0	5.3	5.7
Economic Inactivity Rates (note 5)						% econ. inactive wanting work
North East (%)	19.4	28.4	23.7	-	-1.3	30.7	26.2	28.1
United Kingdom (%)	16.1	26.0	20.9	-	-0.5	27.7	25.2	26.2

Notes

The new ‘claimant count’ rates for sub-regional areas express the claimant count as a proportion of the working age population. Nearly all areas will notice a reduction in their rate due to the effects of the new methodology. Claimant count rates for countries and regions will continue to be workplace-based. At present, new rates are unavailable for Parliamentary Constituencies.

1. The claimant count rates reported are residence based rates i.e. the number of claimants expressed as a percentage of the total resident working age population for 2001. The denominators used to calculate these rates are derived from the mid-year estimates updated annually by ONS. The introduction of these new rates has caused the reported rate of claimants to fall in most areas. The actual claimant count figures remain unchanged.
2. Until December 2001, unemployment rates for district council areas were based on the workforce employed in an area rather than its residents. They were significantly influenced by levels of daily net-commuting and were therefore often misleading. The new claimant count rates (using the working age population as a denominator), although more accurate, are also open to misinterpretation, as like the previous workplace-based measure, they do not take into account those who are economically inactive (e.g. students and those incapacitated). The jobless rates for areas with high economic inactivity (e.g. Easington district) may be suppressed for this reason. The former workforce rates (shown in brackets) published byONS for counties, districts and TTWAs no longer have any official currency, but to ease the transition to the new residence-based measures we shall continue to produce these rates alongside the new rates.
3. Unemployment rates for Great Britain and Government Office regions are now made available in two forms; although only one single claimant count is given, both official claimant count rates and the former workplace-based rates are given. The government continues to use the workplace-based rates as the official rate of unemployment for regions and countries, but a claimant count rate is also included for these areas so that comparisons can be made between larger and smaller regional levels.
4. Economic inactivity is a growing problem, particularly within the North East. Hence, economic inactivity rates, which have been extracted from the LFS, are also given. The ‘% econ. active wanting work’ rates for the North East Region are updated only on a quarterly basis and therefore will not always correspond to the stated LFS date range.

Extracted from the Office for National Statistics monthly press notice by:

The Deputy Chief Executive (Policy & Improvement)
Chief Executive's Office
Durham County Council
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UF

If you have any further queries regarding these statistics please Email the Corporate Research and Information team.

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