Employment Blackspots Update
The unemployment data released today shows that Haringey is still the hardest place in Britain to find a job, in Haringey there are over twenty two dole claimants chasing every vacancy. Since we have been reporting on employment blackspots (March 2011) Haringey has appeared in the top 10 every month. We also reported that there was evidence of persistent poor local job prospects in parts of London; the unemployment data today shows that five London Boroughs are in the top 10, Haringey, Lewisham, Hackney, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets.
Top 10 employment blackspots
| Area | Region |
Claimant Count |
Vacancies |
Claimant Count/Vacancy Ratio |
| Haringey | London |
10,598 |
468 |
22.6 |
| Lewisham | London |
10,562 |
483 |
21.9 |
| East Ayrshire | Scotland |
4,406 |
257 |
17.1 |
| Hackney | London |
11,243 |
669 |
16.8 |
| Orkney Islands | Scotland |
232 |
15 |
15.5 |
| Waltham Forest | London |
10,145 |
681 |
14.9 |
| Clackmannanshire | Scotland |
1,785 |
124 |
14.4 |
| Isle of Wight | South East |
3,136 |
220 |
14.3 |
| Argyll & Bute | Scotland |
1,834 |
131 |
14.0 |
| Tower Hamlets | London |
11,486 |
834 |
13.8 |
Source- nomisweb.co.uk
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The top ten employment blackspots for young people (18-24 only) based on the claimant count figures released today are:
| local authority |
(Proportion of resident population of age group) |
| Blaenau Gwent |
18.0 |
| Hartlepool |
17.2 |
| Sandwell |
16.4 |
| Merthyr Tydfil |
16.0 |
| Redcar and Cleveland |
15.9 |
| Wolverhampton |
15.4 |
| Walsall |
15.2 |
| South Tyneside |
15.0 |
| Rochdale |
14.4 |
Source- nomisweb.co.uk
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TUC analysis published last week showed that youth claimant unemployment had increased in 97% of local authority areas in the UK in the last 12 months. The number of young people aged between 18 and 24 unable to find work in the UK had increased in 196 of 202 local authorities since September 2010.
Hugh
Dec 4th 2011, 11:59 pm
Congratulations – three different spellings of Haringey/Harringey/Harringay in the first paragraph. If you need any help with that, let me know.
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Dec 14th 2011, 12:06 pm
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