Live Register Rises By 600 In September

The seasonally adjusted Live Register total increased from 428,800 in August to 429,400 in September, an increase of 600.

In the year to September 2009, there was an unadjusted increase of 183,422 (up by 76.4%). This compares with an unadjusted increase of 192,672 (also up by 77.9%) in the year to August 2009.

The monthly increase in the seasonally adjusted series consisted of a decrease of 400 men and an increase of 1,000 women.

The average net weekly increase in the seasonally adjusted series in September was 150, which compares with a figure of 1,350 in the previous month.

The standardised unemployment rate in September was 12.6%. This compares with 11.6% in the second quarter of 2009, the latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from the Quarterly National Household Survey.

In the month, the estimated number of casual and part-time workers on the LiveRegister was 38,268 men and 32,590 women.