Employment forecasts during the Coalition 2010–2015 government
2009 → 2014 · 5 periods
↑ 5.7%+1,662,250 people
Employment forecasts rose by 5.7% over the period, from 29,156,000 people (2009, the level when the government took office) to 30,818,250 (2014, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2009: 29,156,000
Level when it left 2014: 30,818,250
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
Employment averaged over each calendar year: the outturn as the OBR last knew it, with every official forecast for the same year. The OBR publishes millions; the figure is stored as people.
Doesn’t measure: The employment rate, hours worked, or employees only.