§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the latest available figures for (a) the total number of people unemployed and (b) the number of men unemployed in Dundee by postcode sector.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe following table shows the number of unemployed claimants, by postcode, in the Dundee jobcentre area at 8 September 1983, the latest date for which information is available.
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Total number of unemployed claimants Postcode Sector Males Number DD1 1 66 85 DD1 2 88 127 DD1 3 53 63 DD1 4 75 115 DD1 5 139 211 DD2 1 197 329 DD2 2 390 608 DD2 3 871 1,395 DD2 4 776 1,219 DD2 5 91 196
Postcode Sector Males Number DD3 0 730 1,037 DD3 6 353 548 DD3 7 410 628 DD3 8 221 383 DD3 9 498 834 DD4 0 1,379 1,895 DD4 6 286 472 DD4 7 167 318 DD4 8 1,304 1,932 DD4 9 903 1,385 DD5 1 113 187 DD5 2 142 236 DD5 3 142 270 DD5 4 126 254 DD6 8 76 155 DD6 9 116 187 DM 149 14 43 Unallocated 886 1,367 Total 10,610 16,479 Note: The unallocated category consists of those, mainly claimants who are required to attend unemployment benefit offices only four times a year and whose payments are not computerised, for whom a breakdown by postcode sector is not readily available.