§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish (a) by postal area and (b) local government electoral district for Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy districts the numbers unemployed, both men and women, on March 1987, or the most recent date for which figures are available, and the corresponding figures for March 1986, June 1983 and May 1979.
Dunfermline Local Authority District Unemployed Claimants June 1983 March 1986 February 1987 Ward Name Male Female Male Female Male Female Ballingry 259 84 415 136 403 116 Blacklaw/St. Leonards 91 61 119 50 126 67 Blairhall/High Valleyfield 230 101 244 98 289 78 Cairneyhill/Crossford 35 47 54 97 81 79 Cowdenbeath Foulford 102 77 188 106 213 103 Cowdenbeath Moss-Side 161 90 167 125 262 112 Cowdenbeath South East 93 50 135 62 174 67 Crossgate/Hill of Beath 63 44 115 57 109 54 Dalgety Bay East/Aberdour 83 63 104 66 94 79 Dalgety Bay West/North Queensferry 53 60 97 106 104 94 Dunfermline Central 94 49 111 73 158 91 Dunfermline North 1 80 35 80 47 90 42 Wellwood/Milesmark/Dunfermline North 2 63 55 101 51 115 61 Dunfermline West 76 62 137 79 153 85 Dunfermline/Aberdour 133 59 156 52 159 62 Dunfermline Garvock 60 52 73 62 82 66 Dunfermline/Linburn 187 92 183 92 224 100 Dunfermline/Pitcorthie 35 55 49 91 62 71 Dunfermline/Woodmill 205 74 242 69 246 66 Inverkeithing East 136 77 210 73 205 92 Inverkeithing West 106 146 98 150 96 158 Kelty East/West 99 63 172 65 164 60 Kincardine/Culross 126 76 174 67 208 59 Limekilns/Dunfermline/Pitreavie West 96 38 101 51 134 46 Lochgelly North 129 60 202 85 195 86 Lochgelly South 120 50 216 92 194 84 Lochore 180 58 254 86 257 86 Oakfield/Lumphinnans 171 85 250 96 262 84 Oakley North/Saline 113 50 137 70 158 55 Oakley South/Torryburn 119 71 139 72 196 64 Rosyth East 115 65 126 85 150 93 Rosyth South 46 53 68 72 93 65 Rosyth West 61 41 107 64 116 69 Townhill/Kingseat/Halbeath 114 65 161 86 184 90 Total 3,834 2,208 5,285 2,733 5,756 2,684 252W
Kirkcaldy Local Authority District Unemployed Claimants June 1983 March 1986 February 1987 Ward name Male Female Male Female Male Female Aberhill/Methil 139 80 191 99 229 94 Auchmuty 265 149 353 146 308 139 Bennochy 116 48 137 54 153 52 Burntisland West 140 92 227 121 257 109 Cardenden 145 78 274 90 227 79 Denbeath and Savoy 163 88 230 113 205 94 Dunearn 172 73 231 70 239 54 Dunnikier 32 53 70 79 74 77 Dysart/Wemyss 149 62 217 77 196 90 East Wemyss and Muiredge 155 90 228 76 175 70 Fair Isle 163 85 208 82 218 110 Gallatown/Thornton 96 62 206 103 183 101 Glenwood North 209 116 268 116 249 106 Glenwood West 153 102 177 110 162 95 Hayfield 152 65 215 76 218 81 Kennoway 200 101 233 76 171 81 Kinghorn-Burntisland East 121 68 161 78 159 95
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the precise form requested.
The following tables show the number of male and female unemployed claimants in each electoral ward in the Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy local authority districts for June 1983 (the earliest date for which such information can be provided), March 1986 and February 1987 (the latest date available).
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Unemployed Claimants June 1983 March 1986 February 1987 Ward name Male Female Male Female Male Female Kinglassie/Bowhill 181 93 274 116 266 95 Kirkland/Mountfleurie 295 129 291 91 294 133 Leslie 142 62 184 89 154 99 Leven East 101 45 140 73 174 82 Leven West 265 112 248 112 234 108 Linktown/Auchtertool 200 86 232 104 235 92 Methilhill 260 114 310 106 317 96 North Glenrothes/Markinch/Star 255 214 408 261 417 266 Old Buckhaven 155 90 260 84 215 83 Pathhead/Victoria 140 75 189 97 216 101 Pitteuchar 95 84 131 83 116 83 Raith 46 37 59 58 83 65 Rimbleton 131 104 149 94 156 104 Sinclairtown 170 79 247 135 271 114 Smeaton 176 68 205 84 208 76 South Parks 123 77 170 82 144 76 Stenton/Balgonie 91 98 134 101 140 99 Torbain 123 66 179 84 175 82 Valley 234 87 279 101 267 93 Windygates 119 78 161 100 182 106 Woodside 143 74 183 81 171 76 Total 6,021 3,284 8,059 3,702 7,858 3,656 Due to changes in the compilation of the statistics during the intervening period these figures are not directly comparable.
Corresponding figures for postal codes are not available as they cannot readily be linked to local authority districts which are defined in terms of wards.
This information is available in the Library.