December’s figures for Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants
have been published recently and continue to show Tynedale as a leader in getting people
into work. The total number of claimants for the Hexham constituency in December 2015
was 432. This represents a rate of just 1.2% of the economically active population
- crucially this is half the wider UK rate at 2.4%.
Full credit to the Job Centre teams who are helping long and short term unemployed back into work. I know that our Hexham Jobs Fair has also helped, and I will be holding another one this year.
Full credit to the Job Centre teams who are helping long and short term unemployed back into work. I know that our Hexham Jobs Fair has also helped, and I will be holding another one this year.
Not only are we doing better than the wider country, but
also we are building on our work already done. The total number of claimants
was 89 lower than at this time last year. The situation continues to improve
for our young people also as the number of claimants fell by 40, from last
year, to a present total of 90. That is 40 young people who have a wage packet and a fresh start who did not have it before.
In the North East as a whole unemployment is also down.
In the North East as a whole unemployment is also down.
These figures demonstrate how our long term plan is working,
and reinforce the importance of safeguarding this economic security for our younger generations. Nationally I should also point out that we now have more people in work in this country than ever before. Noone is complacent, but progress is being made.
