1. Scotland’s Labour Market – Latest Developments Denise Patrick Lifelong Learning Analytical Services Division 25 th May 2010

2. Employment rate (working age), 2008-2010

3. Unemployment rate (16+), 2008-2010

4. Unemployment rate (16+) by government office region – change on previous 3 months

5. Unemployment rate (16+) by government office region - change over year

6. Unemployment rate by gender (16+), Scotland, 2008-2010

7. Impact across age groups Youth unemployment (18-24 year olds) in Scotland up 0.1 percentage points –lowest increase over the past year –considerably lower than UK increase (up 1.7 percentage points) Youth unemployment still remains lower in Scotland at 14.0% (compared to 17.8% in the UK) In Scotland, 48,000 young people unemployed, making up 22.2% of all people unemployed –In the UK this is higher with 28.5% of all those unemployed aged 18-24 years

8. Unemployment rate by age, 2007- 2010

9. Percentage change in employee jobs, Dec 2008 - Dec 2009, Scotland and UK

10. Some good news Claimant count unemployment decreased by 1,000 over the month to April 2010 Third consecutive monthly decrease Claimant count rate in Scotland is now 4.9%, compared to 4.7% in the UK

11. Percentage change in numbers on Claimant Count over Month and Year by Local Authority

12. Annual percentage point increase in claimant count rate 18-24 yr olds by Local Authority

13. Online resources Nomis https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asphttps://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp Labour Market Statistics website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Bro wse/Labour-Market http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Bro wse/Labour-Market Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics http://www.sns.gov.uk/ DWP Tab Tool http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp Future Skills Scotland – Key Indicators http://www.keyindicators.org.uk/

14. NOMIS https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp APS (labour force), ASHE (earnings), Claimant Count (unemployment), DWP benefits, Jobcentre Plus vacancies, Population estimates, ABI (employees by industry - need permission) ☺User friendly interface to get some detailed statistics ☺Up to date

15. Labour Market Statistics Website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market Publications – Annual Population Survey Public Sector Employment Economic profiles – Local Authority, Parliamentary Constituency - updated monthly Datasets – Employment, unemployment, earnings - some data for LAs - some historical data

16. SNS – Labour Market Data Economic Activity, Benefits and Tax Credits Labour Market EmploymentEconomic Activity New Deal Age and sex based unemployment Navigation path using Advanced Reporter

17. SNS – Labour Market Data Economic Activity, Benefits and Tax Credits Earnings Navigation path using Advanced Reporter

18. SNS – Labour Market Data Economic Activity, Benefits and Tax Credits Combination of Key Benefits Workless Client Group Navigation path using Advanced Reporter

19. SNS – Labour Market Data Education, Skills and Training Skills and training Job related training Highest qualification (working age) Navigation path using Advanced Reporter

20. SNS – Labour Market Data Business Employees by Industry Group Navigation path using Advanced Reporter

21. SNS – Labour Market Data Review of content and update frequency Aims – to align better with user needs – to improve frequency of updates – to investigate automation of some of the update process

22. DWP Tabtool

23. Questions?