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The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from October to December 2012 but up 0.8 percentage points from a year earlier. There were 29.71 million people in employment aged 16 and over, down 43,000 from October to December 2012 but up 434,000 from a year earlier.
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The unemployment rate was 7.8% of the economically active population, up 0.1 percentage points from October to December 2012 but down 0.4 from a year earlier. There were 2.52 million unemployed people, up 15,000 from October to December 2012 but down 92,000 from a year earlier.
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The inactivity rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 22.4%, up 0.1 percentage points from October to December 2012 but down 0.6 from a year earlier. There were 9.00 million economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64, up 47,000 from October to December 2012 but down 212,000 from a year earlier.
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Total pay rose by 0.4% compared with January to March 2012; the growth rate has not been lower since March to May 2009. Regular pay rose by 0.8% over the same period, the lowest growth rate since comparable records began in 2001.