Unemployment

Paul Rowen
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have registered as unemployed at Jobcentre Plus in the last six months.

Jim Knight
[holding answer 8 June 2009]: The available information is in the following table:

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|Date                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |On-flow|Off-flow|Net difference|
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|November 2008                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |350,920|265,555 |85,365        |
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|December 2008                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |288,192|191,255 |96,937        |
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|January 2009                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |290,785|163,585 |127,200       |
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|February 2009                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |474,127|298,035 |176,092       |
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|March 2009                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |336,234|272,085 |64,149        |
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|April 2009                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |311,697|276,360 |35,337        |
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|Notes:1. This information is published on the Nomis website at:www.nomisweb.co.uk2. Off-flow data are rounded to the nearest five.Source:Count of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus computer systems (computer held cases only).|       |        |              |
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