Employment Blackspots Update
The unemployment data released today shows that West Dunbartonshire is the hardest place in Great Britain to find a job. In West Dunbartonshire there are over thirty dole claimants chasing each vacancy.
Since we have been reporting on employment blackspots (March 2011), West Dunbartonshire has featured regularly in the top 10 employment blackspots, the only exceptions being September, October, and December 2011.
|
Authority |
Region |
Claimants |
Vacancies |
Ratio |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
Scotland |
4,010 |
129 |
31.1 |
|
Middlesbrough |
North East |
7,616 |
319 |
23.9 |
|
Blaenau Gwent |
Wales |
3,431 |
144 |
23.8 |
|
Inverclyde |
Scotland |
3,062 |
134 |
22.9 |
|
Haringey |
London |
10,544 |
507 |
20.8 |
|
Lewisham |
London |
10,919 |
553 |
19.7 |
|
East Ayrshire |
Scotland |
4,925 |
259 |
19.0 |
|
Isle of Wight |
South East |
4,080 |
225 |
18.1 |
|
Hackney |
London |
11,186 |
638 |
17.5 |
|
Kingston upon Hull, City of |
Yorkshire and Humber |
15,604 |
905 |
17.2 |
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The top 10 ten employment blackspots for young people (18-24 only) based on the claimant count figures released today are:
|
Local Authority |
Region |
(Proportion of resident population of age group) |
|
Blaenau Gwent |
Wales |
19.3 |
|
Hartlepool |
North East |
17.3 |
|
Merthyr Tydfil |
Wales |
16.8 |
|
Sandwell |
West Midlands |
16.6 |
|
Redcar and Cleveland |
North East |
16.5 |
|
Wolverhampton |
West Midlands |
15.7 |
|
South Tyneside |
North East |
15.4 |
|
Caerphilly |
Wales |
15.3 |
|
Walsall |
West Midlands |
15.2 |
|
Knowsley |
NorthWest |
14.8 |
Since we have been reporting on youth unemployment blackspots (September 2011), based on the claimant count rate Blaenau Gwent has consistently been at the top of the blackspot areas.
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