Live Register Rises By 5,800 In January

The seasonally adjusted Live Register total increased from 428,900 in December to 434,700 in January, an increase of 5,800.

In the year to January 2010 there was an unadjusted increase in the Live Register of 110,664 (an increase of 33.9%). This compares with an increase of 133,577 (up by 46.1%) in the year to December 2009.

The monthly increase in the seasonally adjusted series consisted of an increase of 2,400 men and 3,400 women.

The average net weekly increase in the seasonally adjusted series in January 2010 was 1,160, which compares with a weekly increase of 5,800 in January 2009.

The standardised unemployment rate in January was 12.7%. This compares with 12.4% in the third 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 Live Register was 39,322 men and 34,308 women.