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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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