Unemployment and benefits
From this section you can access the latest
unemployment statistics for Kent and the number of Kent residents
claiming Government benefits.
There are three different ways of measuring unemployment in
general use. The three measures are:
- The claimant count of the unemployed
- The International Labour Organisation (ILO) definition of
unemployment
- “Worklessness"
An explanation of these measures and what it is they each do can
be found in the
defining and measuring unemployment and worklessness bulletin (PDF,
427k) .
What is the current unemployment rate in
Kent?
Unemployment data is produced monthly from the
administrative process of benefit claims. Data on unemployment
benefit claimants, and the percentage they represent of the total
resident working age population, is gathered monthly for the Kent
districts and wards, with national and regional comparisons. The
latest unemployment data is available in the monthly unemployment bulletin.
How many people are claiming benefits in
Kent?
The number of people claiming a Department of
Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit is presented in the Benefit Claimants bulletin. The key DWP benefits
including; Income Support (IS)/ Pension Credit (PC), Job Seekers
Allowance (JSA), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Incapacity
Benefit (IB) to name but a few.