Live Register Falls To 432,400

The seasonally adjusted Live Register total decreased from 434,700 in January to 432,400 in February, a fall of 2,300.

In the year to February there was an unadjusted increase in the Live Register of 84,503 (up by 24.0%). This compares with an increase of 110,664 (up 33.9%) in the year to January 2010.

The monthly decrease in the seasonally adjusted series consisted of a decrease of 2,000 men and 300 women.

The standardized unemployment rate in February was 12.6%. This compares with 12.4% in the third quarter of 2009, the latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from the Quarterly National Household Survey.

Last month, the estimated number of casual and part-time workers on the Live Register was 42,026 men and 37,263 women.