The number of Jobseekers' Allowance claimants in Hull has dropped by more than 2,000 in 12 months, Government employment figures reveal.
A jobs bulletin released today by the Office for National Statistics shows 12,908 people were claiming benefits between April 2013 and March this year - 2,150 less than the previous period.
The number of people in work rose by about 2,000, the figures show.
About 7.6 per cent of the city's working-age population was claiming benefits in the period covered by the release, down by 1.2 per cent.
Although the statistics do not show a huge drop, they do continue a downward trend. In the year to March 2012, 14,728 people were claiming Jobseeker's Allowance.
In the East Riding, JSA claimants fell to 5,450, from 6,743.
Across Yorkshire, the number of people in work has risen by 68,000.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith claimed the figures were evidence of the success of the Government's welfare reforms.
He said: "In the past, many people in our society were written off and trapped in unemployment and welfare dependency. But through our welfare reforms, we are helping people to break that cycle and get back into work.
"The Government's long-term economic plan to build a stronger economy and a fairer society is working."
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