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Jobseeker's Allowance: Fife

Answer

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Jobseeker's allowance off-flows by median (weeks) duration in the last five years
	Fife local authority	North East Fife parliamentary constituency
April 2004 to March 2005	9.1	9.0
April 2005 to March 2006	10.0	9.8
April 2006 to March 2007	11.5	11.3
April 2007 to March 2008	10.1	10.4
April 2008 to March 2009	8.5	8.0
Notes:
1. Median durations are rounded to one decimal place. 2. This information is published on the Nomis website at www.nomisweb.co.uk 3. The information in the table relates to Jobseeker's Allowance claims completed in the relevant year, and does not include claimants still receiving jobseeker's allowance at the end of the year. Source: Count of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus computer systems (computer held cases only).

These figures are affected by changes in the overall composition of claimant unemployment, which during periods of rising or falling unemployment can dominate any changes in the average length of time that individuals can expect to remain on the count. Recent changes in the median duration of jobseeker's allowance off-flows will have been influenced by increases in claimant unemployment that have mainly reflected higher inflows to jobseeker's allowance. This has had the effect of reducing the median duration of the stock of jobseeker's allowance claimants and of the off-flows from that stock.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

492 c1522-3W; 270860

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Jobseeker's allowance Fife

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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