The most recent unemployment figures for March 2024 were published by the Office for National Statistics on 16th April 2024.
The data shows that 24,900 people were claiming unemployment benefit in March 2024 - a rate of 7.3% of the working age population and an increase of 1,695 claimants since last month and an increase of 2,600 claimants since March 2023.
There were 4,995 claimants aged between 18-24 and 4,875 claimants aged 50+.
Bradford had the highest unemployment rate in the Leeds City Region, most local authorities have seen very little change in their claimant rates in the last month.
The claimant rate for Leeds City Region was 5.1%, for Yorkshire and the Humber was 4.3% and for the United Kingdom was 3.9%.
The unemployment data in the bulletin includes people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance and people claiming Universal Credit who are required to seek work and be available for work.
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