Out of work benefits

Claimant Count : K02000001 UK : People : SA : Thousands

1,010.7

2019 JAN

Release date:

19 February 2019

Next release:

19 March 2019

UK labour market: February 2019

What's in the bulletin?

• Estimates from the Labour Force Survey show that, between July to September 2018 and October to December 2018, the number of people in work increased, while the number of unemployed people and the number of people aged from 16 to 64 years not working and not seeking nor available to work (economically inactive) both fell.
• There were an estimated 32.60 million people in work, 167,000 more than for July to September 2018 and 444,000 more than for a year earlier.
• The employment rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 years who were in work) was estimated at 75.8%, higher than for a year earlier (75.2%) and the joint-highest since comparable estimates began in 1971.