The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that the unemployment rate in Scotland 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. In Scotland, there were 2.55 million people aged 16-64 in work between November 2021 and January 2022.
However, more than 1.3 million people in work could be missing out on Universal Credit payments of up to £7,300 a year, according to data from the New Economics Foundation.
