The most recent unemployment figures for July 2024 were published by the Office for National Statistics on 13th August 2024.
The data shows that 28,975 people were claiming unemployment benefit in July 2024 - a rate of 8.5% of the working age population and an increase of 2,860 claimants since last month and an increase of 6,995 claimants since July 2023.
There were 5,140 claimants aged between 18-24 and 5,755 claimants aged 50+.
Bradford had the highest unemployment rate in the Leeds City Region, most local authorities have seen small increases in their claimant rates in the last month.
The claimant rate for Leeds City Region was 5%, for Yorkshire and the Humber was 4.8% and for the United Kingdom was 4.3%.
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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