"The number of people remaining out of employment rose during the second half of 2020, but remains below the levels seen during the 2008 recession ","" "Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2007 – Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec ) 2020, UK , number of adults aged 16 to 69 years who have had a paid job and were out of employment in the previous quarter","" "","" "Notes","1. Weighted counts based on the population specification (see How do we identify a person’s chances of returning to work?) 2. All estimates for each time period are based upon 2 quarters of the 2-quarter Longitudinal Labour Force Survey, but labeled as the last quarter for that period 3. All estimates are rounded to the nearest 1000 4. All estimates are non-seasonally adjusted" "Unit","" "","" "","Remained out of employment","Returned to employment" "Jan - Mar 2007","1782000","322000" "Apr - Jun 2007","1752000","416000" "Jul - Sep 2007","1659000","388000" "Oct - Dec 2007","1636000","461000" "Jan - Mar 2008","1658000","345000" "Apr - Jun 2008","1776000","390000" "Jul - Sep 2008","1878000","374000" "Oct - Dec 2008","1874000","473000" "Jan - Mar 2009","2077000","325000" "Apr - Jun 2009","2227000","402000" "Jul - Sep 2009","2304000","476000" "Oct - Dec 2009","2413000","497000" "Jan - Mar 2010","2487000","376000" "Apr - Jun 2010","2438000","523000" "Jul - Sep 2010","2388000","478000" "Oct - Dec 2010","2410000","489000" "Jan - Mar 2011","2414000","431000" "Apr - Jun 2011","2352000","456000" "Jul - Sep 2011","2346000","400000" "Oct - Dec 2011","2473000","479000" "Jan - Mar 2012","2450000","444000" "Apr - Jun 2012","2438000","532000" "Jul - Sep 2012","2374000","483000" "Oct - Dec 2012","2325000","508000" "Jan - Mar 2013","2307000","439000" "Apr - Jun 2013","2389000","481000" "Jul - Sep 2013","2272000","484000" "Oct - Dec 2013","2233000","534000" "Jan - Mar 2014","2113000","443000" "Apr - Jun 2014","1997000","490000" "Jul - Sep 2014","1992000","435000" "Oct - Dec 2014","1919000","484000" "Jan - Mar 2015","1853000","394000" "Apr - Jun 2015","1887000","394000" "Jul - Sep 2015","1920000","468000" "Oct - Dec 2015","1759000","504000" "Jan - Mar 2016","1775000","376000" "Apr - Jun 2016","1820000","426000" "Jul - Sep 2016","1801000","373000" "Oct - Dec 2016","1706000","435000" "Jan - Mar 2017","1601000","380000" "Apr - Jun 2017","1611000","368000" "Jul - Sep 2017","1576000","388000" "Oct - Dec 2017","1503000","414000" "Jan - Mar 2018","1540000","334000" "Apr - Jun 2018","1653000","323000" "Jul - Sep 2018","1542000","342000" "Oct - Dec 2018","1446000","412000" "Jan - Mar 2019","1407000","314000" "Apr - Jun 2019","1436000","345000" "Jul - Sep 2019","1411000","354000" "Oct - Dec 2019","1415000","453000" "Jan - Mar 2020","1430000","331000" "Apr - Jun 2020","1583000","357000" "Jul - Sep 2020","1528000","375000" "Oct - Dec 2020","1606000","509000"