OBR · 11 May 2010 – 8 May 2015
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). That is an average of +1.1% a year over the term.
- 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.
The chart as a table
| Period | Employment forecasts |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 29,156,000 people |
| 2010 | 29,228,500 people |
| 2011 | 29,381,000 people |
| 2012 | 29,723,000 people |
| 2013 | 30,096,750 people |
| 2014 | 30,818,250 people |
| 2015 | 31,345,750 people |
| 2016 | 31,810,250 people |
| 2017 | 32,127,750 people |
| 2018 | 32,506,750 people |
| 2019 | 32,923,000 people |
| 2020 | 32,558,750 people |
| 2021 | 32,555,000 people |
| 2022 | 32,957,250 people |
| 2023 | 33,351,000 people |
| 2024 | 33,615,500 people |
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.