§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the most recent figures for unemployment in the Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy districts by postcode areas; and by how much unemployment has increased or decreased in each area over the previous 12-month period.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is not available by local authority district. The table shows the number of unemployed claimants by postcode sector in the Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy jobcentre areas at 13 September 1984, the latest date for which information is available, and the change they represent compared with the figures at the corresponding date last year.
Unemployed claimants Change Dunfermline KY 11 1 363 +18 KY 11 2 535 +62 KY 11 3 179 +58 KY 11 4 977 +45 KY 11 5 377 +56 KY 12 0 368 +59 KY 12 7 206 +37 KY 12 8 485 +53 KY 12 9 573 +71 Unallocated 400 +44 Total 4,463 +503 Kirkcaldy KY 1 1 392 -25 KY 1 2 500 +36 KY 1 3 447 +111 KY 2 5 575 +36 KY 2 6 1,105 +26 KY 3 0 250 +36 KY 3 9 282 +33 Unallocated 336 -19 Total 3,887 +234 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.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of those presently unemployed in the Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline districts have been unemployed (a) for six months, (b) for one year or more, (c) for two years or more and (d) for three years or more.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is not compiled by local authority district. In the Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline jobcentre areas the number of unemployed claimants by duration of unemployment at 12 July 1984, the latest date for which information is available, was as follows:
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Kirkcaldy Dunfermline Less than 6 months 1,493 2,022 Over 6 months and up to one year 747 971 Over one year and up to 2 years 576 592 Over 2 years and up to 3 years 316 300 Over 3 years 435 278 Total 3,567 4,163