Claimant Count Comparators

<div class="ods-dataset-customview-crosslink"><p>This dataset is linked to the following visualization: <a href="https://leicester.huwise.com/explore/assets/visualisation-claimant-count-comparators/view/">Visualization - Claimant Count Comparators</a></p><hr></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This dataset uses Claimant Count to monitor unemployment in Leicester and Upper-Tier-Local-Authority (UTLA) comparators as defined by the ONS as well as UTLAs in the East Midlands, and England core cities.</span><br></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Claimant Count is the number of people claiming Universal Credit or Jobseekers' Allowance principally for the reason of being unemployed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Claimant Count is a useful proxy for unemployment because it is the most comprehensive unemployment-related dataset published at geographies smaller than the local authority level. While there is significant overlap, it is not the same as the national measure for unemployment, which is based on estimates from the Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Claimant Count is best used for understanding short term changes in the labour market and the relative position of small areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Rates are calculated using ONS mid-year or census-based population estimates for the 16-64 year old population as a denominator.</span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A dashboard has also been produced summarising this data into a single page. Click here to view: </span><a href="https://data.leicester.gov.uk/pages/unemployment_dashboard/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;" target="_blank">Dashboard</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p><br></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Further information: </span><br></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0cm; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/methodologies/aguidetolabourmarketstatistics#introduction" target="_blank"><span style='font-family: "inherit", serif;'>https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/methodologies/aguidetolabourmarketstatistics#introduction</span></a> </span></p>

Tags: Benefits, Claimant Count, Unemployment
Organization: Leicester City Council