Out of work benefits

Claimant Count : K02000001 UK : People : SA : Thousands

1,572.4

2023 APR

Release date:

16 May 2023

Next release:

13 June 2023

Labour market overview, UK: May 2023

What's in the bulletin?

• The UK employment rate was estimated at 75.9% in January to March 2023, 0.2 percentage points higher than October to December 2022. The increase in employment over the latest three-month period was driven by part-time employees and self-employed workers.
• The more timely estimate of payrolled employees for April 2023 shows a monthly decrease, down 136,000 on the revised March 2023 figures, to 29.8 million. This is the first fall in total payrolled employees since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, though this should be treated as a provisional estimate and is likely to be revised when more data are received next month.
• The unemployment rate for January to March 2023 increased by 0.1 percentage points on the quarter to 3.9%. The increase in unemployment was driven by people unemployed for over 12 months.