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LFS: Economically Inactive: UK: All: Aged 16-64: Thousands: SA
8,602
2020 AUG-OCT
- Release date:
- 15 December 2020
- Next release:
- 26 January 2021

Employment in the UK: December 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- August to October 2020 estimates show a large increase in the unemployment rate and a record number of redundancies, while the employment rate continues to fall.
- Although decreasing over the year, total hours worked had a record increase from the low levels in the previous quarter, with the August to October period covering a time when a number of coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown measures were eased.
- The UK employment rate was estimated at 75.2%, 0.9 percentage points lower than a year earlier and 0.5 percentage points lower than the previous quarter.

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Time series related to Economic inactivity
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8,602 2020 AUG-OCT
- Release date:
- 15 December 2020
- Next release:
- 26 January 2021
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20.8 % 2020 AUG-OCT
- Release date:
- 15 December 2020
- Next release:
- 26 January 2021
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25.7 % 2020 AUG-OCT
- Release date:
- 15 December 2020
- Next release:
- 26 January 2021
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0.8 % 2020 AUG-OCT
- Release date:
- 15 December 2020
- Next release:
- 26 January 2021
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1,060 000's 2020 AUG-OCT
- Release date:
- 15 December 2020
- Next release:
- 26 January 2021
Datasets related to Economic inactivity
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INAC01 SA: Economic inactivity by reason (seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years ) by reason (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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INAC01 NSA: Economic inactivity by reason (not seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64) by reason (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A02 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary. This table shows the headline employment, unemployment and inactivity series (seasonally adjusted).
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A02 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (not seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary. This table shows the headline employment, unemployment and inactivity series (not seasonally adjusted).
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A05 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment, economic activity and inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A05 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment, economic activity and inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
Publications related to Economic inactivity
Statistical bulletins
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Labour market overview, UK: December 2020
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Employment in the UK: December 2020
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Labour market in the regions of the UK: December 2020
Regional, local authority and Parliamentary constituency breakdowns of changes in UK employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other related statistics.
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Working and workless households in the UK: July to September 2020
The economic status of households in the UK and the people living in them, where at least one person is aged 16 to 64 years. Taken from the Labour Force Survey.
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Workless households for regions across the UK: 2019
Annual information at a local level about households and the adults and children living in them, by their economic activity status.