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Sept 2020
Out-of-work benefit claims rise slightly in Harrogate district
There has been a slight rise in the number of people claiming out-of-work benefits in the Harrogate district.
In August, there were 3,970 people claiming out-of-work benefits, up slightly from 3,885 in July. Of those, 2,270 were men and 1,705 were women.
The figures were published today by the Office for National Statistics and are accurate up to August 13. They reveal that 4.2% of the district’s population was claiming out-of-work benefits, a rise from 4.1% in the previous month.
Harrogate is below the UK-wide figure of 6.5% for people claiming the benefits, which includes Job Seekers’ Allowance and Universal Credit.
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The numbers for benefit claims in the district have remained stable all summer, with the government's furlough scheme used for more than 15,000 jobs in Harrogate and Knaresborough.
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