Seasonally adjusted unemployment fell in April. The Birmingham figure came down from 12.5% in March to 12.3%, while the national figures fell from 5.6% to 5.5% in the month. In Acocks Green the unadjusted unemployment figure fell 44 to 1,280 , which is a claimant rate of 11.6%. Unadjusted unemployment is up 997 in Birmingham over the past year but down in Acocks Green by 16; it has also fallen, year on year, in the other three wards in the Yardley Constituency, indicating an encouraging relative improvement in the economy of the south east of the City.