Employment Bulletin

A Monthly Analysis of Employment, Unemployment and Jobs

EB 9/16

August 2016 Key Facts Unemployment according to the Government’s preferred measure was 1.63 million in the * JSA Claimant count in falls by 277 three months to July 2016, down over the month. 39,000 from the previous three * Jobless total now 11,625. months and down 190,000 from the same period a year ago. The unemployment rate was * JSA Claimant count rates in August (residence based); 4.9%, down 0.1% from the 1.3% previous three months and down 1.1% 0.6% from a year earlier. Nottinghamshire 1.6% The unemployment rate County 1.1% for 18-24 year olds was 11.8% in the three months to July 2016, City 2.7% unchanged on the quarter but down 2.1% on the year. There * LFS Unemployment in the United Kingdom were 482,000 unemployed 1,630,000 or 4.9% of the workforce. young people aged from 18 to 24 in the quarter to July 2016. This is down by 2,000 on the quarter and down by 91,000 not seeking or available for work. increase in the proportion of over the year. Comparisons of Unemployment rates are not the young people going into full- youth unemployment over time proportion of the total time education reduces the size are complicated by the fact that population who are unemployed. of the economically active unemployment rates are They are the proportion of the population and therefore calculated as the number of economically active population increases the unemployment unemployed people divided by (those in work plus those seeking rate. the economically active and available to work) who are The seasonally adjusted population which excludes those unemployed. The long-term claimant figure for the United Kingdom decreased by 10,200 last month to 557,900 and was down 158,500 over the year. The number of people in employment aged 16 and over increased by 174,000 over the quarter to reach 31.77 million. The employment rate for those aged 16 to 64 is now 74.5%, the joint highest since comparable records began in 1971. The number of people in full-time employment increased by 157,000 on the quarter to

Please acknowledge the source when quoting from this bulletin This bulletin is also available via our website at: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/living/business/economicdata/employmentbulletins reach 23.25 million. The number of people in part-time employment was 8.51 million in the three months to July 2016, up 17,000 on the previous quarter and up 126,000 on the year. In the three months to July 2016, there were 8.83 million economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64, down 92,000 from the previous quarter and down 195,000 from a year earlier. Average total pay (including bonuses) was £505 up 20,000 from the previous the United Kingdom (1.3%). per week in July 2016. Over the three months and up 14,000 on Between July and August year total pay for employees in the year. The redundancy rate 2016, unemployment decreased Great Britain increased by 2.3%. was 4.6 per 1,000 employees, in three of the four Travel To Average regular pay up 0.7% from the previous three Work Areas in the County (figure (excluding bonuses) was £472 months and up 0.5% from a year 2). experienced the per week in July 2016. Over the earlier. largest decrease with a rate of year regular pay for employees The unadjusted change of -3.8%, followed by in Great Britain rose by 2.1%. Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) with -2.8% and Between July 2015 and July claimant figure for the United Lincoln with -2.0%. & 2016 there was a 0.6% increase Kingdom has decreased by increased by 3.5% over in the Consumer Prices Index. 8,176 over the month to the month. There were 752,000 job 553,148. The proportion Compared with August 2015, vacancies in the three months to unemployed calculated on the all of the four TTWA’s in the August 2016, up 3,000 from the residence base now stands at County have reduced numbers of previous three months and up 1.3% of the population aged claimants. The largest change 9,000 from a year earlier. 16-64. has been in Mansfield with a rate There were 2.2 The number of claimants of change of -32.4% followed by unemployed people per vacancy in Nottinghamshire decreased by Lincoln with -29.2%, Worksop & in the period from May to July 277 between July and August Retford with -27.7% and 2016, unchanged on the quarter 2016. The total of 11,625 is Nottingham with -23.8%. but down by 0.3 on the year. 4,133 less than it was a year Unemployment decreased In the three months to ago (see figure 1). in six of the seven Local Authority July 2016, 122,000 people The proportion Districts in the County over the became redundant in the three unemployed in Nottinghamshire month. The largest decreases months prior to their Labour is now 1.6%. This is higher than were in Broxtowe with -3.2% and Force Survey interview. This is the East Midlands (1.1%) and with -2.6%. Unemployment in Bassetlaw decreased in six of the eight last year resulting in rates of increased over the month Parliamentary Constituencies in change ranging from -26.1% in resulting in a rate of change of the County during August. Ashfield to -38.6% in 3.4%. Unemployment in the Ashfield and Rushcliffe Mansfield. The three City of Nottingham decreased recorded the largest decreases, Nottingham Constituencies by 190 over the month experiencing rates of change of have rates of change of -22.0% resulting in a rate of change of -5.0% and -3.5%. Over the in Nottingham East, -23.5% in -3.1%. month Nottingham East has Nottingham North and -18.8% The rates of change changed by -2.5%, Nottingham in Nottingham South. have varied throughout the North by -2.8% and County over the year, from Nottingham South by -4.4%. -38.6% in Mansfield to -24.3% All of the eight in Ashfield. Nottingham City Parliamentary Constituencies in changed by -21.8% over the the County have decreased year. numbers of claimants Unemployment compared with the same period

Proportions for Travel To Work Areas are currently unavailable from ONS.

Proportions for Parliamentary Constituencies are calculated using the mid-2013 resident 16-64 age population.

** PERSONS ** NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WARD UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATES - AUGUST 2016

WARD RATES RANKED IN DESCENDING ORDER

DISTRICT WARD NUMBER EST. % Mansfield Portland 71 4.0 Mansfield Newgate 74 3.7 Mansfield Ransom Wood 52 2.8 Mansfield Carr Bank 61 2.6 Mansfield Oak Tree 49 2.6 42 2.6 Mansfield Ladybrook 57 2.5 Bassetlaw Worksop South East 123 2.3 Newark & Sherwood Castle 72 2.3 Gedling Netherfield and Colwick 116 2.2 Ashfield Sutton in Ashfield East 178 2.1 Mansfield Broomhill 43 2.1 Ashfield East 121 2.0 Broxtowe Stapleford North 58 2.0 Newark & Sherwood Devon 68 1.9 Gedling Phoenix 59 1.9 Newark & Sherwood Boughton 57 1.9 Mansfield Racecourse 37 1.9 Ashfield Sutton in Ashfield Central 129 1.8 Bassetlaw 85 1.8 Gedling Bonington 79 1.8 Ashfield Kirkby in Ashfield East 74 1.8 Mansfield Woodhouse 38 1.8 Mansfield Peafields 33 1.8 Bassetlaw Langold 29 1.8 Mansfield Meden 28 1.8 Ashfield Hucknall West 105 1.7 Ashfield Hucknall Central 82 1.7 Newark & Sherwood Magnus 60 1.7 Gedling Daybrook 56 1.7 Mansfield Netherfield 29 1.7 Broxtowe Eastwood South 90 1.6 Ashfield Kirkby in Ashfield West 72 1.6 Ashfield Hucknall North 71 1.6 Broxtowe Stapleford South West 58 1.6 Mansfield Bull Farm and Pleasley Hill 35 1.6 Mansfield Market Warsop 32 1.6 Mansfield Penniment 27 1.6 Mansfield Woodlands 25 1.6 Broxtowe Cossall and Kimberley 65 1.5 Broxtowe Stapleford South East 45 1.5 Gedling Valley 42 1.5 Gedling Newstead 22 1.5 Ashfield Sutton in Ashfield North 92 1.4 Gedling Carlton 61 1.4 Broxtowe Beeston North 57 1.4 Bassetlaw Misterton 21 1.4 Bassetlaw Worksop North West 68 1.3 Ashfield Selston 52 1.3 Newark & Sherwood Bridge 44 1.3 Mansfield Newlands 26 1.3 Bassetlaw Ranskill 19 1.3 ** PERSONS ** NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WARD UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATES - AUGUST 2016

WARD RATES RANKED IN DESCENDING ORDER

DISTRICT WARD NUMBER EST. % Ashfield Sutton in Ashfield West 89 1.2 Gedling Carlton Hill 60 1.2 Broxtowe Chilwell West 58 1.2 Rushcliffe Trent Bridge 45 1.2 Gedling St James 30 1.2 Mansfield Brick Kiln 23 1.2 Gedling Porchester 49 1.1 Gedling Calverton 48 1.1 Bassetlaw East Retford East 46 1.1 Broxtowe Beeston Central 40 1.1 Bassetlaw Carlton 37 1.1 Gedling Kingswell 33 1.1 Bassetlaw East Retford South 32 1.1 Rushcliffe Keyworth South 31 1.1 Mansfield Warsop Carrs 24 1.1 Ashfield Jacksdale 23 1.1 Mansfield Park Hall 21 1.1 Ashfield Kirkby in Ashfield Central 48 1.0 Rushcliffe 46 1.0 Newark & Sherwood Rainworth 45 1.0 Gedling St Marys 44 1.0 Bassetlaw Worksop South 43 1.0 Newark & Sherwood 42 1.0 Broxtowe Beeston Rylands 41 1.0 Bassetlaw Worksop East 39 1.0 Bassetlaw Worksop North East 36 1.0 Newark & Sherwood Clipstone 32 1.0 Bassetlaw East Retford West 31 1.0 Newark & Sherwood Balderton West 30 1.0 Newark & Sherwood Blidworth 29 1.0 Bassetlaw Tuxford and Trent 25 1.0 Mansfield Yeoman Hill 25 1.0 Mansfield Abbott 14 1.0 Newark & Sherwood Beacon 47 0.9 Newark & Sherwood Farndon 35 0.9 Mansfield Maun Valley 16 0.9 Mansfield Ling Forest 15 0.9 Broxtowe Awsworth 13 0.9 Bassetlaw Beckingham 11 0.9 Rushcliffe Gotham 11 0.9 Ashfield Woodhouse 38 0.8 Gedling Gedling 35 0.8 Rushcliffe Ruddington 35 0.8 Rushcliffe Gamston 30 0.8 Bassetlaw East Retford North 29 0.8 Rushcliffe Lady Bay 27 0.8 Rushcliffe Trent 22 0.8 Mansfield Holly 16 0.8 Mansfield Sandhurst 16 0.8 Mansfield Sherwood 15 0.8 Gedling Bestwood Village 10 0.8 Bassetlaw Welbeck 9 0.8 ** PERSONS ** NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WARD UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATES - AUGUST 2016

WARD RATES RANKED IN DESCENDING ORDER

DISTRICT WARD NUMBER EST. % Newark & Sherwood Farnsfield and Bilsthorpe 37 0.7 Gedling Mapperley Plains 31 0.7 Broxtowe Greasley (Giltbrook and Newthorpe) 26 0.7 Broxtowe Beeston West 25 0.7 Broxtowe Nuthall West and Greasley (Watnall) 22 0.7 Newark & Sherwood Balderton North 20 0.7 Rushcliffe Bingham East 19 0.7 Rushcliffe Lutterell 16 0.7 Gedling Burton Joyce and Stoke Bardolph 14 0.7 Broxtowe Brinsley 10 0.7 Mansfield Manor 10 0.7 Bassetlaw Worksop North 35 0.6 Newark & Sherwood Edwinstowe 20 0.6 Rushcliffe Edwalton Village 14 0.6 Rushcliffe Wiverton 13 0.6 Broxtowe Eastwood North and Greasley (Beauvale) 11 0.6 Mansfield Eakring 10 0.6 Bassetlaw Rampton 9 0.6 Newark & Sherwood Winthorpe 9 0.6 Bassetlaw Blyth 8 0.6 Gedling Lambley 8 0.6 Rushcliffe Oak 8 0.6 Gedling Woodthorpe 20 0.5 Rushcliffe Leake 19 0.5 Rushcliffe Bingham West 17 0.5 Rushcliffe Melton 17 0.5 Broxtowe Chilwell East 16 0.5 Rushcliffe Manvers 12 0.5 Bassetlaw Sturton 7 0.5 Broxtowe Trowell 7 0.5 Gedling Woodborough 5 0.5 Broxtowe Toton and Chilwell Meadows 19 0.4 Broxtowe Bramcote 18 0.4 Broxtowe Nuthall East and Strelley 14 0.4 Rushcliffe Compton Acres 13 0.4 Gedling Ravenshead 13 0.4 Rushcliffe Soar Valley 7 0.4 Ashfield Underwood 7 0.4 Newark & Sherwood Caunton 6 0.4 Mansfield Lindhurst 60.4 Mansfield Berry Hill 5 0.4 Newark & Sherwood Southwell East 50.4 Newark & Sherwood Southwell North 5 0.4 Rushcliffe Thoroton 5 0.4 Newark & Sherwood Lowdham 11 0.3 Rushcliffe Abbey 10 0.3 Rushcliffe Musters 9 0.3 Mansfield Kings Walk 7 0.3 Bassetlaw Sutton 7 0.3 Mansfield Kingsway 6 0.3 Newark & Sherwood Southwell West 60.3 Mansfield Oakham 5 0.3 ** PERSONS ** NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WARD UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATES - AUGUST 2016

WARD RATES RANKED IN DESCENDING ORDER

DISTRICT WARD NUMBER EST. % Newark & Sherwood Sutton-on-Trent 50.3 Broxtowe Attenborough 4 0.3 Bassetlaw Everton 4 0.3 Rushcliffe Nevile 4 0.3 Rushcliffe Stanford 4 0.3 Newark & Sherwood Trent 40.3 Rushcliffe Wolds 4 0.3 Bassetlaw Clayworth 3 0.3 Newark & Sherwood Collingham and Meering 5 0.2 Rushcliffe Cranmer 4 0.2 Mansfield Grange Farm 4 0.2 Mansfield Hornby 3 0.2 Bassetlaw East Markham # # Rushcliffe Keyworth North # # Newark & Sherwood Muskham # # Rushcliffe Tollerton # #

Nottingham 513 4.8 Nottingham Dales 427 4.2 Nottingham Berridge 420 3.9 Nottingham St Ann's 519 3.8 Nottingham West 568 3.7 Nottingham Aspley 425 3.2 Nottingham Arboretum 326 3.2 Nottingham Bridge 329 3.0 Nottingham Bestwood 306 2.8 Nottingham Leen Valley 281 2.6 Nottingham Clifton South 199 2.4 Nottingham Radford and Park 441 2.3 Nottingham 283 2.3 Nottingham Clifton North 240 2.3 Nottingham Sherwood 158 2.3 Nottingham Mapperley 178 2.1 Nottingham Basford 176 1.9 Nottingham Wollaton East and 88 1.0 Nottingham Bulwell Forest 76 0.8 Nottingham Dunkirk and Lenton 61 0.7

# These figures are suppressed as value is 1 or 2.

New Disclosure Control Procedures with JSA Claimant Count Data The procedure follows an interim review of the confidentiality of JSA claimant count data, and is required for compliance with the National Statistics Code of Practice for Data Access and Confidentiality. The procedure is the primary suppression of any cell count of 1 or 2, which is instead denoted by the symbol ‘#’. A true value of zero continues to be shown as 0. Migrant Workers in Nottinghamshire National Insurance Number allocations to overseas nationals entering the UK - 2015/16

This report provides statistics regarding National Insurance Numbers (NINo) allocated to adult overseas nationals entering the United Kingdom during the financial year 2015/16 as released by the Department for Work and Pensions on 26th May 2015. A NINo is generally required by any overseas national looking to work or claim benefits/tax credits in the UK, including the self employed or students working part time. The figures provide a individual has previously been was also experienced in measure of in-migration but do allocated a child registration Nottinghamshire where there not reflect emigration or the number. These juvenile cases were 4,983 NINo allocations to overall migrant population. are not captured by the non-UK nationals registered in The figures reflect adult statistics. the County in 2015/16. This is overseas nationals allocated a Nationally, the total up by 848 from the previous NINo through the adult number of NINo registrations year, an increase of just over registration scheme. In to adult overseas nationals 20%. addition there will be a small entering the UK in 2015/16 Of the total, 2,168 or number of overseas nationals was 826,458 an increase of around 44% were from the (aged 16-19 years) allocated a 2,304 (0.3%) on the previous ‘Accession 8’ or ‘A8’ countries NINo automatically through year and an increase of which joined the European the Juvenile Registration 225,500 (37%) from 2012/3. Union in 2004. This figure is scheme. This occurs when the An increase in number down by 99 over the year.

Figure 1 illustrates the trend in the number of NINo allocations for both total registrations and for those people originating from the A8 countries since 2004/05. It can be seen that the number of NINo allocations to people coming from the A8 countries has decreased slightly in the last year after showing a small increase the previous year. Prior to that there had been a continuing increase from its low point in 2009/10. However it has never since reached its evident at the district level. In them were for people located peak 2,760 registrations in Bassetlaw for example, over in Newark & Sherwood. 2006/07. 58% of all NINo registrations Overall, Broxtowe had The NINo data contains were from people originating registrations from people details of the district in which from Poland. For the other originating from 34 different people were living when they districts in the County the countries, followed by registered and this is shown in comparable figures are: Rushcliffe 22, Newark & Table 1. Mansfield 38%, Ashfield 31%, Sherwood 24, Gedling 20, Of the total 4,983 NINo Newark & Sherwood 27%, Mansfield 19, Newark & registrations in the County in Gedling 27%, Broxtowe 10% Sherwood 18, Bassetlaw 17 2015/16, the largest proportion and Rushcliffe 9%. and Ashfield 15. (35.8%) were living in Over 63% of NINo The information Mansfield. This is followed by registrations in Bassetlaw, 46% contained in this report Bassetlaw with 17.2% and in Mansfield and over 41% of concentrates on the area Newark & Sherwood with registrations in Ashfield were covered by Nottinghamshire 13.9%. from people originating from County Council, but readers Figure 2 shows NINo the A8 countries. may be interested to know that registrations by country of Broxtowe and to a lesser there were more NINo origin. As can be seen, the extent Rushcliffe show a registrations in Nottingham City largest number of people different pattern by having than in the whole of the rest of (1,678) from any one country registrations from people who Nottinghamshire. There were originate from Poland. This is originate from a broader 6,398 registrations in down from 1,570 in the spread of countries. Nottingham in the financial previous year and represents In Broxtowe, only 10% of year 2015/16, up from 6,608 almost 34% of all registrations registrations were from people last year. The registrations in the County. Romania is originating from Poland whilst came from people originating second with 1,437 registrations 12% were from Romania and from 86 different countries. and Lithuania is third with 175. 10% from Hungary. Of the total number of Registrations from Romania In Rushcliffe, the largest NINo registrations in are up by 617 from last year proportion of people from any Nottingham, 21.8% were from but Lithuania is down by 28. one country originated from Poland, 15.2% from Romania, Slovakia has 156 registrations, Romania (10%), but there were 6.9% from Italy, 6.6% from down by 3 from last year. still sizeable proportions India and around 3% each There were 122 registrations by originating from Poland (9%), from Spain, Pakistan and people from Hungary, down India (6%), Greece (6%) and China. from 154 last year. The Spain (5%). remaining 26% of registrations In total for the County is made up from people from there were 175 registrations Source: 100% extract from all other countries. from people from Lithuania. National Insurance Recording A similar pattern is Interestingly, 85 or over 48% of System via DWP Stat-Xplore

Accession 8 countries comprise of: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Republic of Estonia, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, Republic of Slovenia, Slovak Republic. Contacting us email [email protected] phone 0115 977 4328 post Policy, Performance & Research Team, Policy, Planning & Corporate Services Dept, County Hall, , Nottingham NG2 7QP internet www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk