Figures for unemployed claimants came out this morning which show that 1,517 people on the Isle of Wight were claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in April 2015.
Unemployment Benefit figures released by the Office for National Statistics show a fall of 306 since March, which reported 1,823 JSA claimants, and a fall of 768 from April 2014 (2,285).
That means 1.9% of the resident population of area aged 16-64 is claiming JSA – 0.7% more than the rest of the South East (1.2%), and the same as the whole of the UK (1.9%).
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Incorrect figure for March claimants amended.
