"Figure 7: The number of people who were unemployed for up to 12 months decreased on the quarter","" "UK unemployment by duration (aged 16 years and over), seasonally adjusted, between April to June 2016 and April to June 2021","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Thousands" "","" "Period","Up to 6 months","Between 6 and 12 months","Over 12 months" "Apr to Jun 2016","958.772","237.081","447.388" "May to Jul 2016","956.911","230.141","448.126" "Jun to Aug 2016","967.998","255.790","444.528" "Jul to Sep 2016","944.566","238.850","434.122" "Aug to Oct 2016","950.555","244.900","417.778" "Sep to Nov 2016","957.663","236.601","407.416" "Oct to Dec 2016","937.193","243.865","404.248" "Nov to Jan 2017","934.832","243.636","394.676" "Dec to Feb 2017","911.749","247.417","391.238" "Jan to Mar 2017","895.884","247.027","384.586" "Feb to Apr 2017","889.699","246.803","383.384" "Mar to May 2017","869.453","238.696","381.033" "Apr to Jun 2017","875.761","236.046","372.913" "May to Jul 2017","836.735","238.661","381.644" "Jun to Aug 2017","841.103","229.018","382.208" "Jul to Sep 2017","822.309","216.189","390.551" "Aug to Oct 2017","830.954","215.472","375.796" "Sep to Nov 2017","831.088","223.045","383.361" "Oct to Dec 2017","855.160","239.522","368.389" "Nov to Jan 2018","839.401","247.475","363.913" "Dec to Feb 2018","839.405","227.482","352.199" "Jan to Mar 2018","839.210","220.392","357.670" "Feb to Apr 2018","833.694","212.697","369.687" "Mar to May 2018","821.035","223.097","363.878" "Apr to Jun 2018","797.102","210.694","354.487" "May to Jul 2018","795.101","206.907","355.766" "Jun to Aug 2018","799.665","208.350","354.616" "Jul to Sep 2018","795.675","213.829","367.610" "Aug to Oct 2018","801.913","219.115","352.322" "Sep to Nov 2018","807.361","215.601","346.778" "Oct to Dec 2018","805.177","208.033","349.801" "Nov to Jan 2019","786.296","205.468","346.680" "Dec to Feb 2019","795.610","200.088","346.925" "Jan to Mar 2019","771.414","180.121","346.308" "Feb to Apr 2019","778.594","178.440","347.188" "Mar to May 2019","765.988","186.572","339.505" "Apr to Jun 2019","793.342","193.706","341.978" "May to Jul 2019","786.474","180.236","326.974" "Jun to Aug 2019","808.230","172.544","332.804" "Jul to Sep 2019","817.241","180.373","307.928" "Aug to Oct 2019","781.523","191.229","307.751" "Sep to Nov 2019","803.861","209.282","293.080" "Oct to Dec 2019","778.739","220.234","290.737" "Nov to Jan 2020","825.323","211.622","306.266" "Dec to Feb 2020","842.374","214.811","306.945" "Jan to Mar 2020","877.624","198.242","298.467" "Feb to Apr 2020","905.943","201.326","274.494" "Mar to May 2020","984.658","170.925","259.412" "Apr to June 2020","984.157","182.259","240.715" "May to Jul 2020","1025.064","198.818","245.766" "Jun to Aug 2020","1014.999","231.415","297.016" "July to Sep 2020","1060.910","255.034","332.330" "Aug to Oct 2020","1097.253","262.140","359.160" "Sep to Nov 2020","1089.376","287.924","361.335" "Oct to Dec 2020","1082.173","318.747","369.604" "Nov to Jan 2021","1022.449","348.023","367.468" "Dec to Feb 2021","960.305","376.947","367.569" "Jan to Mar 2021","883.709","382.452","386.835" "Feb to Apr 2021","846.757","379.752","410.197" "Mar to May 2021","819.484","368.100","448.972" "Apr to Jun 2021","829.456","340.020","430.814"