Standardised Unemployment Rate Rises To 6.3% In September

The seasonally adjusted Live Register total increased from 235,100 in August to 244,500 in September, an increase of 9,400.

In the year to September 2008, there was an unadjusted increase of 79,565 (up by 49.5%). This compares with an unadjusted increase of 73,178 (an increase of 42.0%) in the year to August 2008.

The monthly increase in the seasonally adjusted series consisted of an increase of 5,800 men and an increase of 3,500 women.

The standardised unemployment rate in September was 6.3%. This compares with 5.1% in the second quarter of 2008, the latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from the Quarterly National Household Survey.

Last month, the number of casual and part-time workers on the Live Register was 12,700 men and 15,521 women.