"Figure 1: Long-term unemployment decreased at a faster rate than medium-term unemployment","" "UK, duration of unemployment, January to March 2006 to December 2018 to February 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Thousands" "","" "","Up to 6 months","Over 6 and up to 12 months","All over 12 months" "Jan-Mar 2006","985","280","339" "Feb-Apr 2006","1008","279","347" "Mar-May 2006","1014","295","355" "Apr-Jun 2006","1023","300","361" "May-Jul 2006","1021","304","373" "Jun-Aug 2006","1023","301","367" "Jul-Sep 2006","1015","288","390" "Aug-Oct 2006","1010","293","388" "Sep-Nov 2006","1000","283","391" "Oct-Dec 2006","1018","285","397" "Nov-Jan 2007","1026","276","400" "Dec-Feb 2007","1041","269","398" "Jan-Mar 2007","1033","277","393" "Feb-Apr 2007","1012","278","402" "Mar-May 2007","999","271","399" "Apr-Jun 2007","999","263","396" "May-Jul 2007","988","262","394" "Jun-Aug 2007","986","267","392" "Jul-Sep 2007","991","268","391" "Aug-Oct 2007","985","261","384" "Sep-Nov 2007","984","257","391" "Oct-Dec 2007","969","256","384" "Nov-Jan 2008","974","262","381" "Dec-Feb 2008","960","273","389" "Jan-Mar 2008","958","267","398" "Feb-Apr 2008","989","268","410" "Mar-May 2008","954","265","406" "Apr-Jun 2008","989","275","416" "May-Jul 2008","1011","278","435" "Jun-Aug 2008","1075","277","442" "Jul-Sep 2008","1112","284","444" "Aug-Oct 2008","1146","289","440" "Sep-Nov 2008","1189","313","440" "Oct-Dec 2008","1225","324","454" "Nov-Jan 2009","1250","347","460" "Dec-Feb 2009","1290","355","483" "Jan-Mar 2009","1345","381","508" "Feb-Apr 2009","1365","408","523" "Mar-May 2009","1417","442","536" "Apr-Jun 2009","1413","483","552" "May-Jul 2009","1403","495","581" "Jun-Aug 2009","1357","516","611" "Jul-Sep 2009","1306","539","631" "Aug-Oct 2009","1293","567","624" "Sep-Nov 2009","1250","568","637" "Oct-Dec 2009","1251","539","663" "Nov-Jan 2010","1199","550","685" "Dec-Feb 2010","1209","556","731" "Jan-Mar 2010","1213","546","768" "Feb-Apr 2010","1191","531","788" "Mar-May 2010","1185","521","801" "Apr-Jun 2010","1173","512","803" "May-Jul 2010","1198","486","803" "Jun-Aug 2010","1181","472","823" "Jul-Sep 2010","1197","450","823" "Aug-Oct 2010","1204","468","842" "Sep-Nov 2010","1214","452","837" "Oct-Dec 2010","1209","456","838" "Nov-Jan 2011","1220","452","852" "Dec-Feb 2011","1194","444","853" "Jan-Mar 2011","1182","443","859" "Feb-Apr 2011","1185","436","840" "Mar-May 2011","1234","447","820" "Apr-Jun 2011","1259","434","846" "May-Jul 2011","1254","442","860" "Jun-Aug 2011","1260","474","877" "Jul-Sep 2011","1282","501","878" "Aug-Oct 2011","1297","503","877" "Sep-Nov 2011","1321","527","865" "Oct-Dec 2011","1304","517","867" "Nov-Jan 2012","1300","515","859" "Dec-Feb 2012","1257","512","887" "Jan-Mar 2012","1225","522","887" "Feb-Apr 2012","1205","529","891" "Mar-May 2012","1195","514","890" "Apr-Jun 2012","1187","502","888" "May-Jul 2012","1196","495","909" "Jun-Aug 2012","1184","464","903" "Jul-Sep 2012","1191","445","902" "Aug-Oct 2012","1183","440","912" "Sep-Nov 2012","1199","435","898" "Oct-Dec 2012","1205","445","885" "Nov-Jan 2013","1194","452","890" "Dec-Feb 2013","1212","467","905" "Jan-Mar 2013","1195","437","907" "Feb-Apr 2013","1206","417","902" "Mar-May 2013","1173","419","919" "Apr-Jun 2013","1173","428","913" "May-Jul 2013","1146","445","901" "Jun-Aug 2013","1155","445","904" "Jul-Sep 2013","1164","425","893" "Aug-Oct 2013","1132","399","873" "Sep-Nov 2013","1103","397","841" "Oct-Dec 2013","1111","399","847" "Nov-Jan 2014","1117","393","829" "Dec-Feb 2014","1073","373","810" "Jan-Mar 2014","1042","353","817" "Feb-Apr 2014","1027","341","793" "Mar-May 2014","1012","347","753" "Apr-Jun 2014","990","331","740" "May-Jul 2014","968","318","723" "Jun-Aug 2014","946","313","713" "Jul-Sep 2014","954","317","690" "Aug-Oct 2014","937","332","685" "Sep-Nov 2014","950","317","657" "Oct-Dec 2014","930","302","638" "Nov-Jan 2015","945","285","628" "Dec-Feb 2015","934","283","623" "Jan-Mar 2015","954","283","589" "Feb-Apr 2015","949","290","574" "Mar-May 2015","974","304","570" "Apr-Jun 2015","967","304","577" "May-Jul 2015","981","295","546" "Jun-Aug 2015","961","290","529" "Jul-Sep 2015","965","279","516" "Aug-Oct 2015","938","265","512" "Sep-Nov 2015","938","258","491" "Oct-Dec 2015","946","252","490" "Nov-Jan 2016","946","257","481" "Dec-Feb 2016","966","264","471" "Jan-Mar 2016","949","270","468" "Feb-Apr 2016","951","254","461" "Mar-May 2016","950","235","462" "Apr-Jun 2016","959","237","447" "May-Jul 2016","957","230","448" "Jun-Aug 2016","968","256","445" "Jul-Sep 2016","945","239","434" "Aug-Oct 2016","951","245","418" "Sep-Nov 2016","958","237","407" "Oct-Dec 2016","937","244","404" "Nov-Jan 2017","935","244","395" "Dec-Feb 2017","912","247","391" "Jan-Mar 2017","896","247","385" "Feb-Apr 2017","890","247","383" "Mar-May 2017","869","239","381" "Apr-Jun 2017","876","236","373" "May-Jul 2017","837","239","382" "Jun-Aug 2017","841","229","382" "Jul-Sep 2017","822","216","391" "Aug-Oct 2017","831","215","376" "Sep-Nov 2017","831","223","383" "Oct-Dec 2017","855","240","368" "Nov-Jan 2018","839","247","364" "Dec-Feb 2018","839","227","352" "Jan-Mar 2018","839","220","358" "Feb-Apr 2018","834","213","370" "Mar-May 2018","821","223","364" "Apr-Jun 2018","797","211","354" "May-Jul 2018","795","207","356" "Jun-Aug 2018","800","208","355" "Jul-Sep 2018","796","214","368" "Aug-Oct 2018","802","219","352" "Sep-Nov 2018","807","216","347" "Oct-Dec 2018","805","208","350" "Nov-Jan 2019","786","205","347" "Dec-Feb 2019","796","200","347"