Live Register Down By 3,000

The seasonally adjusted Live Register total decreased from 425,500 in September to 422,500 in October, a decrease of 3,000.

In the year to October 2009, there was an unadjusted increase of 161,727 (up 64.5%). This compares with an unadjusted increase of 179,637 (up 74.8%) in the year to September 2009.

The monthly decrease in the seasonally adjusted series consisted of a decrease of 2,300 men and a decrease of 700 women.

The average net weekly decrease in the seasonally adjusted series in October was 600, which compares with a weekly increase of 50 in the previous month.

The standardised unemployment rate in October was 12.5%. 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 Live Register was 37,273 men and 32,087 women.