11 October 2016
On 30 September 2016:
- on a seasonally adjusted basis, the total number of people registered as actively seeking work (ASW) was:
- 120 higher than the previous month
- 110 higher than the average for the preceding three months
- 130 lower than a year earlier
- the non-seasonally adjusted ASW total was 1,430; this total is 90 higher than in the previous month and 130 lower than a year earlier
- the total number of long-term ASW (registered for more than twelve months) was 290; this total is 40 higher than the previous month and 90 higher than a year earlier
- there were 420 individuals registered as ASW but engaged in some form of paid employment and classified as underemployed; this includes 120 individuals also classified as long-term ASW
- key factors behind the increase in the total number of people registered as ASW in the latest month, and also in the number of long-term ASW, were the changes in Income Support criteria relating to parents with young children (introduced in September 2015) and to Long term Incapacity Benefit (effective May 2016)
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