Slight drop in Scotland’s unemployment rate

Unemployment in Scotland dropped slightly in the last quarter, according to latest figures.

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the unemployment rate for those aged 16 and over between November 2021 and January 2022 was 3.8%, down 0.3% on the previous quarter.

The employment rate for those aged 16 to 64 was 74.5%, a drop of 0.1% on the three-month period before that.

This was below the UK-wide employment rate of 75.6% for that age group while the unemployment rate for those aged 16 and over was 3.9%.

In Scotland, there were 2.55 million people aged 16-64 in employment between November 2021 and January 2022.

In that age group, 104,000 people were unemployed.