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Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market - overview

Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market - overview. Martin Buxcey District Operations Manager Jobcentre Plus – Mercia District. Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire.

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Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market - overview

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  1. Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market - overview Martin BuxceyDistrict Operations ManagerJobcentre Plus – Mercia District

  2. Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire There are currently 13,966 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in the Coventry and Warwickshire area (Coventry: 7,687; Warwickshire: 6,099) This is down 17% from this time last year The fall was greater in Warwickshire – down 19% compared to 16% in Coventry. The register has fallen for nine consecutive months Now at its lowest level since late 2008 The following slide shows the trend since January 2008:

  3. Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire

  4. Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire The JSA register is now close to pre-recession levels, when unemployment tended to settle at around 12,000 – 13,000. At the height of the recession in August 2009, the register peaked at over 23,500. It has fallen by 41% since then. Let’s look now at youth unemployment Caption in Arial 12pt and only one line

  5. Youth Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire There are 3,530 young people aged 18-24 claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Coventry and Warwickshire (Coventry: 1,950, Warwickshire: 1,580) The register has fallen for 4 consecutive months and by 21% over the past year (in Coventry by 20% and in Warwickshire by 24%) The register has nearly halved (49%) since its peak in November 2009 The next slide shows the trend since January 2009:

  6. Youth Unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire

  7. JSA on-flows in Coventry and Warwickshire The table below shows volumes of new claims to Jobseeker’s Allowance received each month back to January 2008 (‘on-flows’) The total for November 2013 – 3,180 - was the lowest since 2008.

  8. Long-term unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire Of greater concern is long-term unemployment in the area. There are currently 800 young people aged 18-24 who have been claiming for more than nine months (Coventry: 465; Warwickshire: 340) In December 2008 there were only 170 The figures has recently started to decline rapidly, having peaked at 785 in October 2012 DWP offers a range of support for these customers through our Youth Contract (Work Experience, sector-based work academies, Wage Incentives etc) The table in the next slide shows the long-term unemployment trend for young people from January 2008

  9. Long-term unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire

  10. Long-term unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire There are currently 3,240 people aged 25+ who have been receiving Jobseeker’s Allowance for more than a year (Coventry: 1,965; Warwickshire: 1,275) Although this figure has fallen for four consecutive months, it remains high – in November 2008 the figure was 1,255. The figure peaked at 3,750 in August 2012 The next slide shows this trend back to January 2008:

  11. Long-term unemployment in Coventry and Warwickshire

  12. Vacancies notified to Universal Jobmatch Vacancy volumes on Universal Jobmatch are encouraging – the list below shows numbers of new vacancies received for the last six months: - December 2013 15,237 - November 2013 23,659 - October 2013 27,465 - September 2013 18,708 - August 2013 12,714 - July 2013 11,360

  13. Occupations sought by people claiming JSA These are the top 10 occupations sought by people who have claimed JSA over the last three months in Coventry & Warwickshire: Sales and retail assistants 3,320 Goods handling and storage occupations 1,380 General office assistants/clerks 610 Care assistant and home carers 260 Customer care occupations 245 Van drivers 210 Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers 185 Kitchen and catering assistants 180 Cleaners, domestics 170 Bar staff 165

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