More women are unemployed

Unemployment fell, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS),but women’s
unemployment rose to over one million.Under the Labour Force Survey count, unemployment in the UK fell by just 8,000 to 2.47 million in the three months to July 2010. The unemployment rate was down to 7.8% from 7.9% in the previous three-month period. However, the number of unemployed women rose by 50,000 to 1,015,000 and their unemployment rate rose to 7.0% from 6.7%.   It is the first time that women’s unemployment has passed the one million mark since January 1993.
  Male unemployment was down by 58,000 to 1.45 million and their unemployment rate was down to 8.5% from 8.9%. The claimant count, which only takes into account those claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, posted a rise after six monthly falls. It was up by 2,300 to stand at 1.47 million in August. The rise was small
enough not to impact on the unemployment rate which stayed at 4.5%.
  Male claimant numbers were down by 2,600 in August on the previous month to 1.04 million and their unemployment rate was down to 5.9% from 6.0% the previous month.
  Again, women bucked the trend by posting a rise. The number of claimants rose by 4,900 taking their
numbers to 426,300, but their unemployment rate was unchanged at 2.8%.
Source: labour Reearch Department Fact Service/ September 16.