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Claimant count figures are available on a monthly basis; May 2005 is the latest data available. The tables show the claimant count unemployment numbers and rates for May in each year from 1999 to 2005.
When considering demand for forward years, projected figures may be used in place of the most recent mid-year estimates. When the mid-year estimate for a new year is published after the statistic, the latter may be revised at the next opportunity after the release of the latest population estimates.
We might get an opportunity to meet you in the near future because our Parliamentary Bureau has agreed that the committee can have its requested visit to Brussels—this is the first time that committee members have heard that news.
The latest available information is as follows: New JoinersRe-joiners1995-962,2781,0491996-972,0019501997-981,9911,038These figures include both nurses and midwives.