HC Deb 11 May 1987 vol 116 cc46-9W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the gross figures for those claiming unemployment benefit and the percentage of the work force this represents for (a) Ayr travel-to-work area, (b) Cumnock and Sanquhar travel-to-work area and (c) Girvan travel-to-work area for each month since May 1979 to the latest available date.

Mr. Lang

[pursuant to his reply, 30 April 1987, c.215]: The information is set out as follows:

  1. (a) Table A shows the number of people registered for employment at jobcentres in each of the travel-to-work Areas (TTWAs) and the relevant percentage from May 1979 to October 1982.
  2. (b) Table B shows the number of unemployed claimants in each TTWA (post-code based) and the relevant percentage from October 1982 to May 1983.
  3. (c) Table C shows the number of unemployed claimants in each TTWA (ward based) and the relevant percentage from June 1983 to March 1987, the latest date for which information is available.

Due to the various changes which have taken place in the compilation of the statistics during the period, the figures are not directly comparable.

This information is available in the Library.

Table A
Registrants at Jobcentres May 1979 to October 1982
(978) TTWA
Ayr Girvan Cumnock Sanquhar
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
1979
May 3,973 8.5 455 10.1 1,383 9.4 278 14.0
June 4,105 8.7 445 9.9 1,504 10.2 306 15.5
July 4,307 9.2 466 10.3 1,518 10.3 294 14.8
August 4,408 9.4 485 10.8 1,549 10.5 284 14.3
September 4,191 8.9 461 10.2 1,517 10.3 263 13.3
October 4,367 9.3 489 10.8 1,525 10.4 266 13.4
November 4,441 9.5 490 10.9 1,547 10.5 262 13.2
December 4,446 9.5 519 11.5 1,521 10.3 260 13.1
1980
January 4,738 10.1 551 12.2 1,709 11.6 272 13.7
February 4,619 9.8 545 12.1 1,687 11.5 267 13.5
March 4,518 9.6 545 12.1 1,631 11.1 258 13.0
April 4,551 9.7 529 11.7 1,650 11.2 257 13.0
May 4,333 9.2 496 11.0 1,572 10.7 236 11.9
June 4,602 9.8 570 12.6 1,835 12.5 255 12.9
July 4,946 10.5 576 12.8 1,939 13.2 277 14.0
August 5,053 10.8 590 13.1 1,973 13.4 282 14.2
September 5,240 11.2 589 13.1 2,101 14.3 293 14.8
October 5,608 11.9 626 13.9 2,174 14.8 376 19.0
November 5,777 12.3 660 14.6 2,197 14.9 407 20.6
December 5,882 12.5 658 14.6 2,235 15.2 399 20.2
1981
January 6,435 13.7 714 15.8 2,406 16.3 450 22.7
February 6,413 13.7 751 16.7 2,397 16.3 449 22.7
March 6,331 13.5 744 16.5 2,333 15.8 436 22.0
April 6,163 13.1 743 16.5 2,423 16.5 428 21.6
May 5,911 12.6 722 16.0 2,352 16.0 396 20.0
June 6,123 13.0 697 15.5 2,504 17.0 433 21.9
July 6,227 13.3 680 15.1 2,563 17.4 445 22.5
August 6,284 13.4 706 15.7 2,647 18.0 444 22.4
September 6,642 14.2 744 16.5 2,646 18.0 441 22.3
October 6,874 14.6 767 17.0 2,568 17.4 425 21.5
November 7,109 15.1 844 18.7 2,636 17.9 412 20.8
December 6,960 14.8 826 18.3 2,763 18.8 415 21.0
1982
January 7,390 15.7 887 19.7 2,892 19.6 423 21.4
February 7,311 15.6 858 19.0 2,817 19.1 398 20.1
March 7,135 15.2 871 19.3 2,707 18.4 409 20.7
April 7,033 15.0 891 19.8 2,674 18.2 408 20.6
May 7,050 15.0 845 18.7 2,562 17.4 398 20.1
June 6,754 14.4 867 19.2 2,634 17.9 462 23.3
July 7,167 15.3 851 18.9 2,759 18.7 467 23.6
August 7,154 15.2 864 19.2 2,832 19.2 457 23.1
September 7,173 15.3 929 20.6 2,895 19.7 477 24.1
October 7,492 16.0 948 21.0 2,837 19.3 447 22.6

Table B
Unemployed Claimants (Post.Code Based)
October 1982—May 1983
(1978) TTWA
Ayr Girvan Cumnock Sanquhar
Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
1982
October 7,243 15.4 813 18.0 2,648 18.0 364 18.4
November 7,360 15.7 860 19.1 2,612 17.7 369 18.6
December 7,402 15.8 865 19.2 2,585 17.6 397 20.1
1983
January 7,673 16.3 906 20.1 2,712 18.4 416 21.0
February 7,670 16.3 887 19.7 2,690 18.3 370 18.7
March 7,590 16.2 849 18.8 2,662 18.1 360 18.2
April 7,543 16.1 833 18.5 2,700 18.3 358 18.1
May 6,965 14.8 822 18.2 2,468 16.8 309 15.6

Table C
Unemployed claimants (ward based) June 1983.March 1987
(1984) TTWA
Ayr Cumnock and Sanquhar Girvan
Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
1983
June 6,216 12.9 3,602 21.1 746 20.4
July 6,573 13.7 3,786 22.2 763 20.9
August 6,600 13.7 3,821 22.4 778 21.3
September 6,728 14.0 3,913 23.0 798 21.8
October 6,766 14.1 4,032 23.7 807 22.1
November 6,842 14.2 4,037 23.7 813 22.3
December 6,796 14.1 4,024 23.6 830 22.7
1984
January 7,176 14.8 4,271 25.2 872 23.6
February 7,513 14.7 4,237 25.0 891 24.1
March 7,075 14.6 4,149 24.5 875 23.7
April 6,890 14.2 4,138 24.4 839 22.7
May 6,613 13.6 4,058 23.9 799 21.6
June 6,370 13.1 3,937 23.2 764 20.7
July 6,537 13.5 3,958 23.3 760 20.6
August 6,534 13.5 3,975 23.4 748 20.2
September 6,787 14.0 4,022 23.7 804 21.8
October 6,818 14.0 4,077 24.0 818 22.1
November 6,826 14.1 4,030 23.7 851 23.0
December 6,748 13.9 3,978 23.4 850 23.0
1985
January 7,128 14.4 4,160 24.6 861 23.2
February 7,124 14.4 4,123 24.3 850 22.9
March 6,935 14.0 4,096 24.2 833 22.4
April 6,863 13.9 4,116 24.3 810 21.8
May 6,735 13.6 4,031 23.8 774 20.8
June 6,729 13.6 4,205 24.8 758 20.4
July 6,886 14.0 4,436 26.2 770 20.7
August 6,783 13.7 4,408 26.0 766 20.6
September 6,898 14.0 4,422 26.1 781 21.0
October 7,002 14.2 4,336 25.6 759 20.4
November 6,991 14.2 4,259 25.1 808 21.8
December 6,971 14.1 4,324 25.5 835 22.5
1986
January 7,350 14.9 4,720 27.9 857 23.1
February 7,233 14.7 4,656 27.5 850 22.9
March 7,055 14.3 4,553 26.9 822 22.1
April 6,961 14.1 4,514 26.7 805 21.7
May 6,762 13.7 4,421 26.1 797 21.5
June 6,557 13.3 4,316 25.5 795 21.4
July 6,748 13.7 4,312 25.5 784 21.1
August 6,766 13.7 4,272 25.2 800 21.5
September 6,810 13.8 4,382 25.9 836 22.5
October 6,859 13.9 4,383 25.9 851 22.9
November 7,036 14.3 4,469 26.4 866 23.3
December 7,102 14.4 4,556 26.9 876 23.6
1987
January 7,421 15.0 4,864 28.7 980 26.4
February 7,262 14.7 4,845 28.6 907 24.4
March 7,091 14.4 4,741 28.0 841 22.7

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