§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for each local authority ward, in the Dundee district council area, the percentage of the working population who are unemployed at the latest available date; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1983.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested is not available, as unemployment percentage rates are calculated only on a travel-to-work area, regional authority and Scotland basis.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures for unemployment in the66W Dundee, East constituency for each year since 1979; and what percentage of the total working population this represents in each year.
§ Mr. LangUnemployment statistics on a parliamentary constituency basis are available only from June 1983. The table shows the number of unemployed claimants in the Dundee, East parliamentary constituency for December 1987 (the latest date for which information is available) and the corresponding figures for previous years. Unemployment percentage rates for parliamentary constituencies are not available.
Dundee, East Parliamentary Constituency December Number of Unemployed Claimants 1983 8,015 1984 8,192 1985 8,245 1986 7,748 1987 7,004 These figures are not directly comparable due to a change in the compilation of the statistics in March 1986. This information is available in the Library.