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Claimant Count
Numbers Leaving and Joining, and Reasons for Leaving

July 2008

Numbers Leaving the Claimant Count (Off-Flows During the Previous Month) Numbers Joining the Claimant Count (On-Flows During the Previous Month) Reasons for Leaving the Claimant Count

Table 1 Numbers Leaving the Claimant Count (Off-Flows during the Previous Month)
 
July 2007
October 2007
January 2008
April 2008
July 2008 (1)
Yearly Change
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
%
No.
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Burnley
405
444
297
374
354
26.0
-51
-12.6
Chorley
283
343
199
294
291
26.8
8
2.8
Fylde
146
149
101
117
146
35.9

0.0
Hyndburn
303
324
202
324
325
30.1
22
7.3
Lancaster
457
559
305
433
450
31.3
-7
-1.5
Pendle
377
409
237
289
324
29.3
-53
-14.1
Preston
497
602
357
488
547
25.5
50
10.1
Ribble Valley
67
84
59
66
84
32.6
17
25.4
Rossendale
192
251
147
195
213
28.9
21
10.9
South Ribble
264
284
171
252
270
31.5
6
2.3
West Lancashire
392
521
211
370
422
27.2
30
7.7
Wyre
226
305
173
254
258
34.3
32
14.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lancashire County
3,609
4,275
2,459
3,456
3,684
28.8
75
2.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blackburn with Darwen
699
734
473
569
729
30.5
30
4.3
Blackpool
693
779
491
835
754
27.8
61
8.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
East Lancashire
2,043
2,246
1,415
1,817
2,029
29.2
-14
-0.7
Lancashire West
2,958
3,542
2,008
3,043
3,138
28.6
180
6.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lancashire NUTS-2
5,001
5,788
3,423
4,860
5,167
28.9
166
3.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North West
26,104
29,223
18,423
25,785
26,970
24.3
866
3.3
Great Britain
199,562
213,064
139,245
189,028
197,018
24.3
-2,544
-1.3
United Kingdom
204,444
218,926
142,100
193,747
201,695
24.1
-2,749
-1.3
Note (1) Off-flows between June 2008 and July 2008 as a percentage of the Total Claimant Count for June 2008. This is a revised formula as from the October 2005 data, which more accurately reflects the off-flow percentage.
Table 2 Numbers Joining the Claimant Count (On-Flows during the Previous Month)
 
July 2007
October 2007
January 2008
April 2008
July 2008 (1)
Yearly Change
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
%
No.
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Burnley
513
429
396
445
494
36.2
-19
-3.7
Chorley
275
264
320
284
348
32.0
73
26.5
Fylde
163
159
154
127
143
35.1
-20
-12.3
Hyndburn
325
291
366
286
387
35.8
62
19.1
Lancaster
444
486
382
381
624
43.4
180
40.5
Pendle
378
364
334
363
446
40.4
68
18.0
Preston
551
497
468
519
619
28.9
68
12.3
Ribble Valley
81
82
81
87
137
53.1
56
69.1
Rossendale
203
196
229
219
322
43.7
119
58.6
South Ribble
290
257
268
242
321
37.4
31
10.7
West Lancashire
440
402
353
360
466
30.0
26
5.9
Wyre
259
234
225
241
305
40.6
46
17.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lancashire County
3,922
3,661
3,576
3,554
4,612
36.1
690
17.6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blackburn with Darwen
695
696
637
659
823
34.4
128
18.4
Blackpool
633
669
710
666
757
27.9
124
19.6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
East Lancashire
2,195
2,058
2,043
2,059
2,609
37.6
414
18.9
Lancashire West
3,055
2,968
2,880
2,820
3,583
32.7
528
17.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lancashire NUTS-2
5,250
5,026
4,923
4,879
6,192
34.6
942
17.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North West
27,725
25,798
24,929
25,805
32,762
29.6
5,037
18.2
Great Britain
199,344
188,573
179,563
183,017
233,911
28.9
34,567
17.3
United Kingdom
204,861
193,583
183,873
188,035
240,701
28.8
35,840
17.5
Note (1) Off-flows between June 2008 and July 2008 as a percentage of the Total Claimant Count for June 2008. This is a revised formula as from the October 2005 data, which more accurately reflects the off-flow percentage.
Table 3 Reasons for Leaving the Unemployment Claimant Count, Lancashire NUTS-2, July 2008
Reason
Males
Females
Total Persons
No.
% (1)
No.
% (1)
No.
% (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Found work
1,265
60.0
495
53.4
1,760
58.0
Increased work to 16+ hours/week
20
0.9
10
1.1
30
0.9
Gone abroad
135
6.5
115
12.3
250
8.3
Claimed Income Support
35
1.8
55
5.8
90
3.0
Claimed Sickness Benefit
—
—
—
—
—
—
Claimed Incapacity Benefit
155
7.4
70
7.7
225
7.5
Claimed another benefit
65
3.1
40
4.2
105
3.4
Gone to full-time education
20
0.9
15
1.4
30
1.0
Gone onto approved training

0.1

0.2
5
0.1
Transferred to Government-supported training
285
13.5
80
8.8
365
12.0
Retirement age reached
5
0.3

0.1
10
0.3
Automatic credits payable

0.0

0.0

0.0
Claimed back-to-work bonus

0.0

0.0

0.0
Gone to prison
40
1.9

0.0
40
1.4
Attending court

0.0

0.0

0.0
New claim review
10
0.4
10
1.1
20
0.6
Defective claim
15
0.7
5
0.5
20
0.7
Ceased claiming
55
2.7
30
3.4
85
2.9
Deceased

0.0

0.0

0.0
Not known
205
—
110
—
310
—
Failed to sign
1,400
—
420
—
1,820
—
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Column Total
3,715
100.0
1,455
100.0
5,165
100.0
Source Office for National Statistics/National On-Line Management Information System (NOMIS)
Notes Data rounded to nearest 5 (disclosure control)
— These figures are missing.
(1) The percentages exclude people who 'Failed to sign' and those whose reason for leaving the Claimant Count was 'Not known'.   Printer Friendly Version | About our website | Top of page | Office of the Chief Executive Copyright © 2009, Lancashire County Council | Site Terms (External) Tell us what you think about our site...

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