Here are some questions on the UK labour market - which student will be the most accurate?

Your Answer / Correct Answer
What percentage of the labour force is out of work in the UK? (Answer to within 1%)
What percentage of all people aged from 16 to 64 have a paid job (full time or part time)? Answer to within 1%
How many unfilled job vacancies are there in the UK labour market? (answer to nearest 100,000)
The latest figures show that there are 2.32 million people unemployed in the UK.
What percentage of these people have been out of work for at least one year? (Answer to within 5%)

Match the following categories with the right numbers in the right hand column – use lines to link your answers together

Number of people employed in the public (state) sector / 432,000
Number of people counted as self-employed / 5.7 million
Number of people employed in the National Health Service (NHS) / 1.56 million
Number of people employed in the Armed Forces and the police / 2.64 million
Number of unemployed 16 to 24 year olds (31% of whom are in full-time education) / 8.93 million
Number of non-UK nationals in employment in the UK labour market / 920,000
Number of economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64 / 4.2 million

All data is taken from the January2014 Labour Market Statistics Bulletin

Answers

Your Answer / Correct Answer
What percentage of the labour force is out of work in the UK? (Answer to within 1%) / 7.1%
What percentage of all people aged from 16 to 64 have a paid job (full time or part time)? Answer to within 1% / 72%
How many unfilled job vacancies are there in the UK labour market? (answer to nearest 100,000) / 560,000
The latest figures show that there are 2.32 million people unemployed in the UK.
What percentage of these people have been out of work for at least one year? (Answer to within 5%) / 52%

Match the following categories with the right numbers in the right hand column – use lines to link your answers together

Number of people employed in the public (state) sector / 432,000
Number of people counted as self-employed / 5.7 million
Number of people employed in the National Health Service (NHS) / 1.56 million
Number of people employed in the Armed Forces and the police / 2.64 million
Number of unemployed 16 to 24 year olds (31% of whom are in full-time education) / 8.93 million
Number of non-UK nationals in employment in the UK labour market / 920,000
Number of economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64 / 4.2 million