Labour Force Survey data for Scotland indicate that the trend in the employment rate is close to flat, and 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 March 2006 show the seasonally adjusted employment rate at 75.3 per cent, down 0.1 percentage point on a year earlier. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.3 per cent, down 0.2 percentage points on a year earlier.
The claimant count was up in the year to April 2006.
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