1. Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market - overview Martin Buxcey District Operations Manager Jobcentre Plus – Mercia District

2. 2 Department for Work & Pensions Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire There are currently 13,966 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in the Coventry and Warwickshire area (Coventry: 7,687; Warwickshire: 6,099) This is down 17% from this time last year The fall was greater in Warwickshire – down 19% compared to 16% in Coventry. The register has fallen for nine consecutive months Now at its lowest level since late 2008 The following slide shows the trend since January 2008:

3. 3 Department for Work & Pensions Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire

4. 4 Department for Work & Pensions Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire The JSA register is now close to pre-recession levels, when unemployment tended to settle at around 12,000 – 13,000. At the height of the recession in August 2009, the register peaked at over 23,500. It has fallen by 41% since then. Let’s look now at youth unemployment Caption in Arial 12pt and only one line

5. 5 Department for Work & Pensions Youth Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire There are 3,530 young people aged 18-24 claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Coventry and Warwickshire (Coventry: 1,950, Warwickshire: 1,580) The register has fallen for 4 consecutive months and by 21% over the past year (in Coventry by 20% and in Warwickshire by 24%) The register has nearly halved (49%) since its peak in November 2009 The next slide shows the trend since January 2009:

6. 6 Department for Work & Pensions Youth Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire

7. 7 Department for Work & Pensions JSA on-flows in Coventry and Warwickshire The table below shows volumes of new claims to Jobseeker’s Allowance received each month back to January 2008 (‘on-flows’) The total for November 2013 – 3,180 - was the lowest since 2008.

8. 8 Department for Work & Pensions Long-term unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire Of greater concern is long-term unemployment in the area. There are currently 800 young people aged 18-24 who have been claiming for more than nine months (Coventry: 465; Warwickshire: 340) In December 2008 there were only 170 The figures has recently started to decline rapidly, having peaked at 785 in October 2012 DWP offers a range of support for these customers through our Youth Contract (Work Experience, sector-based work academies, Wage Incentives etc) The table in the next slide shows the long-term unemployment trend for young people from January 2008

9. 9 Department for Work & Pensions Long-term unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire

10. 10 Department for Work & Pensions Long-term unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire There are currently 3,240 people aged 25+ who have been receiving Jobseeker’s Allowance for more than a year (Coventry: 1,965; Warwickshire: 1,275) Although this figure has fallen for four consecutive months, it remains high – in November 2008 the figure was 1,255. The figure peaked at 3,750 in August 2012 The next slide shows this trend back to January 2008:

11. 11 Department for Work & Pensions Long-term unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire

12. 12 Department for Work & Pensions Vacancies notified to Universal Jobmatch Vacancy volumes on Universal Jobmatch are encouraging – the list below shows numbers of new vacancies received for the last six months: - December 201315,237 - November 201323,659 - October 201327,465 - September 201318,708 - August 201312,714 - July 201311,360

13. 13 Department for Work & Pensions Occupations sought by people claiming JSA These are the top 10 occupations sought by people who have claimed JSA over the last three months in Coventry & Warwickshire: 1.Sales and retail assistants3,320 2.Goods handling and storage occupations1,380 3.General office assistants/clerks610 4.Care assistant and home carers260 5.Customer care occupations245 6.Van drivers210 7.Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers185 8.Kitchen and catering assistants180 9.Cleaners, domestics170 10.Bar staff165