Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2003

Table 3.4. Percentage of claimants who have been claiming Job Seekers Allowance for over 12 months by Local Authority, Jan 02 to Dec 02



Local authority

Males

Females

Overall

Birmingham

27.1

18.7

25.3

Bridgnorth

12.8

8.8

11.5

Bromsgrove

14.6

10.0

13.4

Cannock Chase

10.5

7.3

9.5

Coventry

17.2

11.0

15.9

Dudley

22.0

16.8

20.8

East Staffordshire

11.6

6.5

10.2

Herefordshire, County of

10.1

7.7

9.4

Lichfield

14.3

8.9

12.7

Malvern Hills

7.3

3.5

6.4

Newcastle-under-Lyme

11.3

7.5

10.3

North Shropshire

12.9

6.7

11.3

North Warwickshire

14.7

8.3

12.8

Nuneaton and Bedworth

10.0

8.9

9.7

Oswestry

16.6

12.3

15.2

Redditch

13.1

8.0

11.6

Rugby

18.1

11.4

16.3

Sandwell

21.0

15.7

19.8

Shrewsbury and Atcham

14.7

8.1

13.3

Solihull

13.6

8.1

12.1

South Shropshire

16.5

8.6

14.5

South Staffordshire

16.7

13.2

15.8

Stafford

14.7

9.4

13.2

Staffordshire Moorlands

10.3

8.6

9.8

Stoke on Trent

13.1

10.1

12.4

Stratford-on-Avon

12.7

7.5

11.3

Tamworth

15.7

12.3

14.7

Telford and Wrekin

12.1

8.4

11.1

Walsall

15.8

12.2

14.9

Warwick

14.2

9.5

13.0

Wolverhampton

18.8

12.8

17.4

Worcester

13.1

10.6

12.5

Wychavon

7.6

6.9

7.4

Wyre Forest

12.0

7.6

10.9

West Midlands region

19.7

13.4

18.2

Source: Nomis – Claimant Counts


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