The headline employment rates for the North East MSA (mayoral strategic authority) area and LA (local authority areas) are updated each quarter and are based on surveys over a 12-month period. The same surveys, alongside other sources, provide additional insights: types of employent; estimates of how many people are working in specific occupations and sectors; and projections of future employment requirements.
The same surveys that provide headline employment rates also give quarterly statistics about non-workers. Specifically, there is information about the number of unemployed people (not in work but actively seeking a job) and the number of working age economically inactive people (who are not in employment and not actively seeking work). Further data sources provide information about the employment status of households and claimants of job-seeking benefits.
The survey data that underpins the headline employment, unemployment and economic inactivity rates is detailed enough to provide some information about the labour market status of different groups within the overall North East population. Other sources, including the Census, provide additional insights, despite not being updated as regularly.
This section provides links to reports, research papers and evaluation relating to the labour market. Much of this work was commissioned or drafted by the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The role of the LEP has now been incorporated into the work of the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority but some of these publications still include mention of the LEP.
