Employment forecasts during the Conservative 2015–2017 government
2014 → 2016 · 2 periods
↑ 3.2%+992,000 people
Employment forecasts rose by 3.2% over the period, from 30,818,250 people (2014, the level when the government took office) to 31,810,250 (2016, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2014: 30,818,250
Level when it left 2016: 31,810,250
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.