Labour Force Survey data for Scotland indicate that the trend in the employment rate may be starting to increase, but the rate in the latest period is not significantly different from a year ago.
The trend in the unemployment rate is decreasing, but the rate in the latest period is not significantly different from a year ago. Data for the three months to April 2006 show the seasonally adjusted employment rate at 75.5 per cent, up 0.6 percentage points on a year earlier. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.3 per cent, down 0.3 percentage points on a year earlier.
The claimant count was up in the year to May 2006.
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