Unemployment by Area

The following tables give, for each month, a summary sheet giving the unemployment counts for each local authority area and parliamentary constituency in the North East and the corresponding official unemployment rates.

April 2008 to March 2009

April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008

April 2007 to March 2008

March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007

April 2006 to March 2007

March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006

Interactive Reports

To further enhance this information an interactive report has been created using an application called InstantAtlas combining ward based unemployment data from April 2006 to December 2007 along with the claimant counts for Incapacity benefit/Severe Disability Allowance and Job Seekers Allowance. This report and others are available on the InstantAtlas Interactive Reports page.

Previous Years

The following documents contain monthly summary sheets, unemployment figures and ward based statistics combined for the following financial years. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this information.

Unemployment briefing notes for April 2005 to March 2006 (112 pages, 821kb)

Unemployment Summary Sheets and Ward Based Figures April 2004 to March 2005 (86 pages, 444kb)

Unemployment Summary Sheets and Ward Based Figures April 2003 to March 2004 (86 pages, 407kb)

Unemployment Summary Sheets and Ward Based Figures April 2002 to March 2003 (87 pages, 399kb)