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Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
Anglesey	4,103	1,783	57%
Blaenau Gwent	3,473	3,311	5%
Bridgend	6,425	3,761	41%
Caerphilly	7,844	5,856	25%
Cardiff	16,098	9,393	42%
Carmarthenshire	6,466	3,438	47%
Ceredigion	2,304	947	59%
Conwy	4,781	2,647	45%
Denbighshire	3,788	2,396	37%
Flintshire	5,284	3,438	35%
Gwynedd	6,604	2,254	66%
Merthyr Tydfil	3,233	2,416	25%
Monmouthshire	2,960	1,520	49%
Neath Port Talbot	5,252	3,528	33%
Newport	7,833	4,713	40%
Pembrokeshire	6,363	2,397	62%
Powys	3,889	2,041	48%
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	11,991	7,212	40%
Swansea	10,699	5,557	48%
The Vale of Glamorgan	5,411	3,127	42%
Torfaen	4,661	2,762	41%
Wrexham	5,467	3,399	38%
Total	134,929	77,896	42%

Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
Birmingham	75,582	50,599	33%
Bromsgrove	3,688	2,098	43%
Cannock Chase	4,966	2,918	41%
Coventry	21,000	10,971	48%
Dudley	16,128	10,803	33%
East Staffordshire	4,558	2,419	47%
Herefordshire, County of	6,305	2,693	57%
Lichfield	3,747	1,863	50%
Malvern Hills	2,473	1,017	59%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	4,905	2,793	43%
North Warwickshire	2,866	1,473	49%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	6,360	3,634	43%
Redditch	3,879	2,440	37%
Rugby	3,808	1,965	48%
Sandwell	20,365	13,609	33%
Shropshire	9,527	4,798	50%
Solihull	9,483	5,332	44%
South Staffordshire	4,558	2,180	52%
Stafford	4,239	2,193	48%
Staffordshire Moorlands	2,954	1,449	51%
Stoke-on-Trent	12,599	8,576	32%
Stratford-on-Avon	3,350	1,558	53%
Tamworth	4,201	2,325	45%
Telford and Wrekin	6,998	4,547	35%
Walsall	15,829	10,999	31%
Warwick	4,761	2,599	45%
Wolverhampton	17,085	11,729	31%
Worcester	4,210	2,388	43%
Wychavon	3,505	2,111	40%
Wyre Forest	4,417	2,617	41%
West Midlands	288,346	176,696	39%

Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
Adur	2,442	1,262	48%
Arun	5,316	2,772	48%
Ashford	3,921	1,926	51%
Aylesbury Vale	5,857	2,284	61%
Basingstoke and Deane	5,682	2,834	50%
Bracknell Forest	3,624	1,849	49%
Brighton and Hove	17,647	7,685	56%
Canterbury	5,651	2,367	58%
Cherwell	4,665	2,027	57%
Chichester	3,706	1,655	55%
Chiltern	2,545	1,060	58%
Crawley	3,467	2,638	24%
Dartford	3,880	2,020	48%
Dover	5,282	2,373	55%
East Hampshire	3,582	1,401	61%
Eastbourne	4,181	2,161	48%
Eastleigh	3,971	2,032	49%
Elmbridge	3,653	1,481	59%
Epsom and Ewell	2,069	927	55%
Fareham	3,752	1,480	61%
Gosport	3,815	1,648	57%
Gravesham	5,574	2,542	54%
Guildford	4,077	1,789	56%
Hart	2,464	1,032	58%
Hastings	5,765	3,200	44%
Havant	6,519	2,534	61%
Horsham	3,765	1,843	51%
Isle of Wight	7,939	3,411	57%
Lewes	3,857	1,554	60%
Maidstone	5,522	2,467	55%
Medway	14,783	7,307	51%
Mid Sussex	3,980	1,578	60%
Milton Keynes	9,192	7,147	22%
Mole Valley	2,392	882	63%
New Forest	6,185	2,436	61%
Oxford	6,050	2,807	54%
Portsmouth	11,861	5,305	55%
Reading	6,757	4,099	39%
Reigate and Banstead	3,795	1,912	50%
Rother	3,312	1,492	55%
Runnymede	2,619	965	63%
Rushmoor	3,384	1,887	44%
Sevenoaks	3,819	1,449	62%
Shepway	4,654	2,532	46%
Slough	6,464	3,377	48%
South Bucks	1,904	707	63%
South Oxfordshire	3,789	1,521	60%
Southampton	14,303	6,753	53%
Spelthorne	3,507	1,493	57%
Surrey Heath	2,483	1,104	56%
Swale	6,847	3,180	54%
Tandridge	2,305	999	57%
Test Valley	3,409	1,348	60%
Thanet	7,729	4,196	46%
Tonbridge and Malling	3,955	1,595	60%
Tunbridge Wells	3,452	1,263	63%
Vale of White Horse	3,428	1,372	60%
Waverley	3,475	1,305	62%
Wealden	4,041	1,486	63%
West Berkshire	4,608	2,230	52%
West Oxfordshire	2,722	1,014	63%
Winchester	3,060	1,264	59%
Windsor and Maidenhead	4,309	2,092	51%
Woking	2,738	1,344	51%
Wokingham	3,893	1,852	52%
Worthing	4,182	2,309	45%
Wycombe	5,875	2,841	52%
Total	329,451	154,697	53%

Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
Bath and North East Somerset	7,492	2,379	68%
Bournemouth	10,894	3,900	64%
Bristol, City of	26,265	10,799	59%
Cheltenham	4,752	2,761	42%
Christchurch	1,786	646	64%
Cornwall	28,527	9,168	68%
Cotswold	2,489	1,083	56%
East Devon	3,786	1,372	64%
East Dorset	2,644	908	66%
Exeter	5,184	2,068	60%
Forest of Dean	2,948	1,596	46%
Gloucester	5,596	3,145	44%
Isles of Scilly	79	7	91%
Mendip	4,557	1,591	65%
Mid Devon	2,290	930	59%
North Devon	5,192	1,205	77%
North Dorset	1,505	604	60%
North Somerset	7,604	3,101	59%
Plymouth	16,361	6,465	60%
Poole	6,937	2,254	68%
Purbeck	1,795	515	71%
Sedgemoor	4,477	1,931	57%
South Gloucestershire	8,749	3,503	60%
South Hams	3,278	921	72%
South Somerset	5,533	1,685	70%
Stroud	4,256	1,935	55%
Swindon	8,051	5,739	29%
Taunton Deane	3,743	1,503	60%
Teignbridge	4,708	1,688	64%
Tewkesbury	2,703	1,365	50%
Torbay	7,738	3,427	56%
Torridge	2,970	1,095	63%
West Devon	1,881	558	70%
West Dorset	3,088	821	73%
West Somerset	1,607	469	71%
Weymouth and Portland	3,412	1,295	62%
Wiltshire	14,742	7,167	51%
Total	229,619	91,599	60%

Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
Aberdeen City	6,599	3,029	54%
Aberdeenshire	4,835	2,139	56%
Angus	3,889	2,075	47%
Argyll & Bute	4,243	1,734	59%
Clackmannanshire	2,179	1,630	25%
Dumfries & Galloway	5,999	2,923	51%
Dundee City	9,326	4,765	49%
East Ayrshire	7,574	4,229	44%
East Dunbartonshire	3,524	1,864	47%
East Lothian	3,642	1,728	53%
East Renfrewshire	2,659	1,375	48%
Edinburgh, City of	21,195	10,370	51%
Eilean Siar	1,962	564	71%
Falkirk	6,805	4,013	41%
Fife	16,925	9,835	42%
Glasgow City	48,242	23,393	52%
Highland	11,460	3,910	66%
Inverclyde	5,350	2,332	56%
Midlothian	3,414	1,884	45%
Moray	2,999	1,314	56%
North Ayrshire	8,509	5,128	40%
North Lanarkshire	17,342	11,131	36%
Orkney Islands	479	146	70%
Perth & Kinross	4,138	1,955	53%
Renfrewshire	8,917	4,736	47%
Scottish Borders	3,125	1,859	41%
Shetland Islands	426	192	55%
South Ayrshire	5,335	2,915	45%
South Lanarkshire	14,592	8,864	39%
Stirling	3,251	1,785	45%
West Dunbartonshire	6,320	3,341	47%
West Lothian	6,519	4,714	28%
Total	251,774	131,872	48%

Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
Allerdale	4,501	1,755	61%
Barrow-in-Furness	4,036	1,565	61%
Blackburn with Darwen	7,194	4,064	44%
Blackpool	8,719	4,550	48%
Bolton	12,885	8,406	35%
Burnley	3,803	2,441	36%
Bury	6,706	4,718	30%
Carlisle	3,724	2,001	46%
Cheshire East	11,843	6,627	44%
Cheshire West & Chester	13,015	6,866	47%
Chorley	3,561	1,924	46%
Copeland	3,534	1,466	59%
Eden	1,128	448	60%
Fylde	1,651	963	42%
Halton	7,617	4,570	40%
Hyndburn	3,032	1,979	35%
Knowsley	12,667	6,261	51%
Lancaster	6,001	2,755	54%
Liverpool	40,103	21,241	47%
Manchester	36,057	18,159	50%
Oldham	11,322	6,896	39%
Pendle	3,006	2,126	29%
Preston	6,700	3,434	49%
Ribble Valley	1,094	553	49%
Rochdale	10,579	7,450	30%
Rossendale	2,230	1,608	28%
Salford	13,342	7,847	41%
Sefton	16,376	8,465	48%
South Lakeland	2,671	778	71%
South Ribble	3,485	1,688	52%
St. Helens	9,939	5,569	44%
Stockport	10,877	6,483	40%
Tameside	10,841	6,867	37%
Trafford	9,494	4,714	50%
Warrington	7,077	4,748	33%
West Lancashire	5,414	2,831	48%
Wigan	15,038	9,709	35%
Wirral	19,410	9,847	49%
Wyre	3,112	1,369	56%
Total	353,784	195,741	45%

Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
County Durham	23,379	14,292	39%
Darlington	5,069	3,180	37%
Gateshead	11,848	6,000	49%
Hartlepool	6,509	4,039	38%
Middlesbrough	9,234	6,602	29%
Newcastle upon Tyne	18,852	8,687	54%
North Tyneside	10,351	5,771	44%
Northumberland	13,280	7,399	44%
Redcar and Cleveland	10,850	5,280	51%
South Tyneside	10,996	6,402	42%
Stockton-on-Tees	10,972	6,685	39%
Sunderland	18,229	10,305	43%
Total:	149,569	84,642	43%

Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
Barking and Dagenham	9,378	5,727	39%
Barnet	14,199	6,962	51%
Bexley	10,755	4,720	56%
Brent	22,057	9,268	58%
Bromley	12,295	5,824	53%
Camden	14,999	6,014	60%
City of London	149	111	26%
Croydon	17,777	9,484	47%
Ealing	17,344	9,349	46%
Enfield	15,999	9,128	43%
Greenwich	15,931	7,102	55%
Hackney	20,825	9,795	53%
Hammersmith and Fulham	13,170	5,368	59%
Haringey	21,511	9,863	54%
Harrow	8,738	4,516	48%
Havering	10,593	5,041	52%
Hillingdon	10,230	6,132	40%
Hounslow	11,721	5,477	53%
Islington	17,295	7,945	54%
Kensington and Chelsea	9,407	3,575	62%
Kingston upon Thames	5,561	2,585	54%
Lambeth	26,530	11,629	56%
Lewisham	21,166	9,230	56%
Merton	9,102	3,975	56%
Newham	20,046	10,278	49%
Redbridge	12,152	6,960	43%
Richmond upon Thames	6,502	2,520	61%
Southwark	22,082	9,733	56%
Sutton	7,712	3,598	53%
Tower Hamlets	16,548	10,459	37%
Waltham Forest	16,454	8,457	49%
Wandsworth	19,025	6,641	65%
Westminster	12,082	5,265	56%
Total	469,335	222,731	53%

Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
Amber Valley	4,025	2,650	34%
Ashfield	5,623	3,148	44%
Bassetlaw	5,217	2,403	54%
Blaby	2,556	1,512	41%
Bolsover	3,802	1,981	48%
Boston	2,207	1,369	38%
Broxtowe	4,372	2,318	47%
Charnwood	5,009	3,135	37%
Chesterfield	5,738	2,794	51%
Corby	3,356	1,926	43%
Daventry	2,089	1,405	33%
Derby	13,275	7,390	44%
Derbyshire Dales	2,002	823	59%
East Lindsey	5,980	3,044	49%
East Northamptonshire	2,360	1,622	31%
Erewash	4,987	3,190	36%
Gedling	4,769	2,466	48%
Harborough	1,893	1,103	42%
High Peak	3,076	1,917	38%
Hinckley and Bosworth	3,249	1,957	40%
Kettering	3,177	2,261	29%
Leicester	18,337	12,808	30%
Lincoln	5,397	3,074	43%
Mansfield	5,435	2,747	49%
Melton	1,430	719	50%
Newark and Sherwood	4,777	1,859	61%
North East Derbyshire	4,713	2,081	56%
North Kesteven	2,535	1,491	41%
North West Leicestershire	3,124	1,704	45%
Northampton	9,482	6,535	31%
Nottingham	21,981	12,603	43%
Oadby and Wigston	1,376	1,047	24%
Rushcliffe	3,713	1,424	62%
Rutland	738	378	49%
South Derbyshire	2,518	1,659	34%
South Holland	2,177	1,660	24%
South Kesteven	3,462	2,538	27%
South Northamptonshire	2,139	1,103	48%
Wellingborough	3,107	2,124	32%
West Lindsey	3,031	1,934	36%
Total	188,234	109,902	42%

Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
Babergh	2,908	1,310	55%
Basildon	9,417	4,418	53%
Bedford	6,460	3,889	40%
Braintree	5,674	2,966	48%
Breckland	4,316	2,440	43%
Brentwood	2,431	1,048	57%
Broadland	3,156	1,444	54%
Broxbourne	4,366	1,972	55%
Cambridge	4,386	1,920	56%
Castle Point	4,433	1,730	61%
Central Bedfordshire	8,999	4,632	49%
Chelmsford	6,070	2,866	53%
Colchester	6,837	3,325	51%
Dacorum	5,354	2,623	51%
East Cambridgeshire	2,018	1,111	45%
East Hertfordshire	4,414	1,886	57%
Epping Forest	5,305	2,577	51%
Fenland	3,876	2,214	43%
Forest Heath	1,785	969	46%
Great Yarmouth	6,246	3,447	45%
Harlow	4,618	2,468	47%
Hertsmere	3,590	1,733	52%
Huntingdonshire	5,537	2,757	50%
Ipswich	5,420	3,803	30%
King`s Lynn and West Norfolk	5,402	2,893	46%
Luton	10,817	5,958	45%
Maldon	2,493	1,091	56%
Mid Suffolk	2,240	1,178	47%
North Hertfordshire	4,944	2,243	55%
North Norfolk	3,522	1,739	51%
Norwich	7,981	4,352	45%
Peterborough	8,830	5,468	38%
Rochford	3,251	1,129	65%
South Cambridgeshire	3,160	1,518	52%
South Norfolk	3,405	1,698	50%
Southend-on-Sea	9,754	4,930	49%
St Albans	4,330	1,739	60%
St Edmundsbury	3,491	1,678	52%
Stevenage	4,693	2,056	56%
Suffolk Coastal	3,130	1,479	53%
Tendring	6,456	3,618	44%
Three Rivers	2,769	1,238	55%
Thurrock	6,878	3,999	42%
Uttlesford	2,256	893	60%
Watford	4,126	1,758	57%
Waveney	5,214	2,698	48%
Welwyn Hatfield	3,791	1,953	48%
Total	230,549	116,854	49%

Local authority	1992 no. of unemployed	2009 no. of unemployed	% lower
Barnsley	12,028	7,102	41%
Bradford	25,277	15,378	39%
Calderdale	9,166	6,065	34%
Craven	1,245	697	44%
Doncaster	17,628	10,036	43%
East Riding of Yorkshire	11,370	6,951	39%
Hambleton	2,118	1,160	45%
Harrogate	3,685	2,190	41%
Kingston upon Hull, City of	20,526	14,226	31%
Kirklees	16,948	11,735	31%
Leeds	35,975	23,773	34%
North East Lincolnshire	9,663	6,450	33%
North Lincolnshire	7,296	4,883	33%
Richmondshire	1,081	645	40%
Rotherham	14,620	8,689	41%
Ryedale	1,267	755	40%
Scarborough	5,257	3,028	42%
Selby	2,634	1,695	36%
Sheffield	33,318	16,189	51%
Wakefield	15,414	8,774	43%
York	5,813	3,856	34%
Total	252,329	154,277	39%

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