§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, by postal code district, the latest 371W 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 StewartInformation by post-code sector is not available for the recently redefined travel-to-work areas of Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy. The following table shows the number of unemployed claimants by post-code sector for each of the jobcentre areas which formerly comprised the travel-to-work areas of Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy at 11 October 1984, the latest date for which information is available, and the change they represent compared with the figures at the corresponding date last year.
Dunfermline travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Change Cowdenbeath KY 4 0 453 +65 KY 4 8 347 +36 KY 4 9 592 +95 KY 5 0 562 -6 KY 5 8 708 +90 KY 5 9 483 +79 KY13 7 312 +48 Total 3,457 +407 Dunfermline KY11 1 390 +34 KY11 2 579 +70 KY11 3 193 +56 KY11 4 1,017 +50 KY11 5 406 +78 KY12 0 393 +60 KY12 7 192 +15 KY12 8 514 +49 KY12 9 610 +55 Total 4,294 +467 372W
Kirkcaldy travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Change Glenrothes KY 6 1 403 +16 KY 6 2 638 -24 KY 6.3 258 +34 KY 7 4 630 -28 KY 7 5 311 +2 KY 7 6 562 + 16 Total 2,802 + 16 Kirkcaldy KY 1 1 3% + 1 KY 1 2 537 +46 KY 1 3 478 +97 KY 2 5 619 -1 KY 2 6 1,185 +36 KY 3 0 256 +9 KY 3 9 301 + 35 Total 3,772 +223 Leven KY 1 4 272 + 1 KY 8 1 380 -25 KY 8 2 558 -34 KY 8 3 525 +46 KY 8 4 435 +32 KY 8 5 724 -39
Unemployed claimants Change KY 8 6 95 + 12 Total 2,989 -7 Note:
The individual post coded figures include estimated additions for the small number of unemployed claimants previously categorised as "unallocated" within the travel-to-work area.