Scottish Government

Labour Market Brief - January 2012

This briefing is updated on a monthly basis and contains the following information:

• Headline national statistics on employment, unemployment, economic activity
• Claimant count information on areas and occupations most affected

This briefing is based on secondary analysis of data from the latest ONS releases for the Labour Force Survey, Claimant Count and other relevant sources that are in the public domain.

January
2012

Labour Market Brief - December 2011

Labour Market Brief - November 2011

Labour Market Brief - October 2011

October 2011

Labour Market Brief - September 2011

Labour Market Brief - August 2011

Labour Market Brief - July 2011

Labour Market Brief - June 2011

These briefings are updated on a monthly basis and contains the latest headline labour market statistics for young people in Scotland, including employment, unemployment and claimant count.

These briefing is based on secondary analysis of data from the latest regional ONS release.

• Youth Unemployment Summary Brief (18-24 year olds)
• Youth Unemployment Summary Brief (16-24 year olds)

Youth Unemployment Statistics for Scotland - December 2011 (Supplementary Regional Labour Market Statistics)

This publication is a one-off, interim official statistics release and contains the following information:

• Latest available non-seasonally adjusted unemployment and employment levels and rates for 18-24 year olds in Scotland and the UK (Aug - Oct 2011).
• Change over the last year

The estimates included in this publication were compiled by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and are intended to complement the main ONS regional labour market publication. ONS will be publishing Scottish labour market data by age on a monthly basis as part of their regional labour market statistics publication, from January 2012 onwards, along with comparable estimates for the other UK countries and regions.

For this month only the Scottish Labour Market Data by Age table, as supplied by ONS, is available for download from the Scottish Government website. The table contains time series from Jan-Mar 2008 to Aug-Oct 2011.

Comparable (not seasonally adjusted) estimates for the UK are available on the ONS website. (Click on 'Data in this release' and choose Table A05).