HC Deb 21 May 1984 vol 60 cc369-70W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the unemployment figures, by postal districts, for the Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath employment office areas for each month in 1984 for which figures are so far available.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Unemployed claimants
Jobcentre Area January 1984 February 1984 March 1984 April 1984
Cowdenbeath
KY 4 0 438 416 415 412
KY 4 8 344 364 350 356
KY 4 9 547 536 534 548
KY 5 0 611 603 564 560
KY 5 8 641 635 633 631
KY 5 9 421 406 419 431
KY13 7 300 314 324 293
Total 3,302 3,274 3,239 3,231
Dunfermline
KY11 1 374 379 376 361
KY11 2 551 535 513 515
KY11 3 155 152 160 166
KY11 4 1,019 994 991 986
KY11 5 332 319 328 317
KY12 0 384 356 348 352
KY12 7 167 164 171 171
KY12 8 516 510 470 475
KY12 9 558 552 538 526
Total 4,056 3,961 3,895 3,869
Kirkcaldy
KY 1 1 397 396 399 404
KY 1 2 552 528 520 511
KY 1 3 424 425 435 442
KY 2 5 672 636 624 629
KY 2 6 1,262 1,221 1,167 1,149
KY 3 0 269 252 251 244
KY 3 9 279 278 268 272
Total 3,855 3,736 3,664 3,651