Sources of information

www.nomisweb.co.uk

NOMIS is a service provided by the Office for National Statistics to give free access to a range of detailed and up-to-date UK labour market statistics from official sources including the Annual Population Survey, DWP and Jobcentre Plus. It enables information about the number of people claiming key worklessness benefits to be described by, for example, ward, proportion of the working age population they represent, etc. The significance of this lies in its pinpointing of the key concentrations of priority clients and the way that this changes by client profile.

www.slims.org.uk

SLIMS is a member organisation providing labour market statements for Council areas across west and central Scotland, West of Scotland region and Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan area. The Statements provide a comprehensive summary and analysis of all the main economic and labour market indicators and produce trends and benchmark comparisons at the Scottish and UK levels.