That number includes 350 people who are in work, but who are classed as underemployed – which means that they are working less than 35 hours per week.
But the number of people registered as Actively Seeking Work for a year or more has gone up by 30 since this time last year.
Of the 1,380 people on the list at the end of March, 77% were on Income Support, and they were very slightly more likely to be women than men.
Around 12% of the total – or 160 individuals – were aged between 16 and 19.
