High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Monday, July 13, 2009
People Claiming Worklessness Benefits
The number of people claiming workless benefits (unemployment benefits, incapacity benefit and income support) in Scotland was approximately 455,600 in May 2007. This is a reduction of over 19,200 since the same period in 2006.
Within Glasgow there are just under 88,000 people claiming workless benefits which accounts for over 19% of all workless benefits claimants in Scotland. However this is down from over 91,000 people claiming workless benefits in Glasgow in 2006. North Lanarkshire is the Local Authority area with the second largest amount of benefits claimants at 36,500 which is down from 38,500 in 2006. All Local Authority areas saw a reduction in people claiming workless benefits between 2006 and 2007.
Reducing the number of people claiming workless benefits within Glasgow, North & South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, Dundee and West Dunbartonshire is one of the Closing the Opportunity Gap targets.
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Source: Department for Work and Pensions
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