§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, by postal code district, the latest unemployment figures within the Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy travel-to-work areas; and if he will show for each postal code district the change in unemployment over the preceding 12-month period.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is not at present available for the revised travel-to-work areas. The table shows the estimated number of unemployed claimants by post-code sector in the former Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy TTW As at 10 January 1985 and the change over the preceding 12 months.
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Estimated number of unemployed claimants at 10.1.85 Change over 12.1.84 Dunfermline TTWA KY 4 0 476 38 KY 4 8 388 43 KY 4 9 659 113 KY 5 0 627 16 KY 5 8 764 123 KY 5 9 506 85 KY13 7 379 79 KY11 1 461 87 KY11 2 641 90 KY11 3 193 38 KY11 4 1,101 82 KY11 5 372 40 KY12 0 406 21 KY12 7 203 36 KY12 8 531 15 KY29 9 616 59 Total 8,323 965 Kirkcaldy TTWA KY 6 1 445 40 KY 6 2 716 34 KY 6 3 273 44 KY 7 4 690 -2 KY 7 5 321 -13 KY 7 6 622 66 KY 1 1 419 22 KY 1 2 617 64 KY 1 3 476 52 KY 2 5 651 —21 KY 2 6 1,236 -25 KY 3 0 258 -11 KY 3 9 317 38 KY 1 4 297 7 KY 8 1 425 11 KY 8 2 619 -19 KY 8 3 559 30 KY 8 4 473 47 KY 8 5 770 -73 KY 8 6 104 14 Total 10,288 305 Note: Dunfermline travel-to-work area (TTWA) comprised the jobcentre areas of Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline. Kirkcaldy TTWA comprised the jobcentre areas of Kirkcaldy. Glenrothes and Leven.