§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish for postal code districts the most 732W recent figures for numbers of men and women registered for benefit as unemployed in the areas of Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe table following shows the number of claimants (the new basis of the unemployment count) in the Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline jobcentre areas by postcode sector on 9 June 1983.
Postcode sector Male Female Total Cowdenbeath KY 40 201 115 316 KY 48 161 93 254 KY 49 261 167 428 KY 50 293 157 450 KY 58 394 132 526 KY 59 221 101 322 KY 13 7 111 77 188 *Unallocated 190 73 263 TOTAL 1,832 915 2,747 Dunfermline KY 11 1 216 132 348 KY 11 2 201 238 439 KY 11 3 84 41 125 KY 11 4 557 291 848 KY 11 5 119 146 265 KY 12 0 190 116 306 KY 12 7 95 57 152 KY 12 8 261 146 407 KY 12 9 263 196 459 *Unallocated 343 103 446 TOTAL 2,329 1,466 3,795 Note: * A breakdown by postcode sector is not readily available for some claimants (mainly those who are required to attend unemployment benefit offices only 4 times a year) who are not paid by computer.