§ 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 number unemployed at the latest available date; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. LangUnemployment statistics on a local authority ward basis are available only from 1983. The following table shows the number of unemployed claimants in each local authority ward in city of Dundee district for December 1987 (the latest date for which information is available) and the corresponding figures in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986.
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City of Dundee District Unemployed claimants (December) Ward 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Ancrum 169 211 207 181 171 Ardler 458 443 457 428 376 Balgillo 101 139 114 130 107 Baxter Park 270 272 279 301 261 Blackshade 418 390 425 389 355 Broughty Ferry 172 186 184 164 167 Caird 578 538 542 487 430 Central 315 395 346 378 366 Clepington 147 147 142 145 137 Coldside 325 371 361 342 325 Craigie Bank 165 217 274 240 265 Craigie Burns 136 152 155 145 127 Douglas 460 425 415 390 356 Downfield 269 256 236 231 201 Drumgeith 566 538 568 536 522 Dudhope 396 462 537 660 405 Eastern 146 133 156 147 140 Fairmuir 228 190 195 197 185 Fintry North 602 600 565 480 484 Fintry South 558 547 487 430 414 Gillburn 423 419 416 428 350 Gourdie 361 356 317 298 292 Gowrie 149 154 148 172 130 Hilltown 421 410 391 372 334 Law 221 257 255 218 209 Lochee East 475 425 424 397 380 Lochee West 386 344 347 309 281 Logie 183 219 204 185 186 Longhaugh 765 827 825 799 662 Maryfield 264 281 291 326 290 Menzieshill 285 311 285 243 216 Midmill 831 720 749 713 676 Monifieth East 145 164 166 165 151 Monifieth West 122 133 118 130 116 Pitalpin 396 424 345 317 283 Riverside 177 199 216 206 183 Rockwell 151 186 171 154 159 St. Marys 432 366 378 333 303 St. Ninians 304 279 257 246 226 Sidlaw 215 226 239 225 202 Trottick 711 703 639 565 528 Wellgate 323 451 541 579 411 West Ferry 266 261 266 216 219 Whitfield 919 977 . 940 806 677 Total 15,404 15,704 15,573 14,803 13,258 Due to changes in the compilation of the statistics during the intervening periods these figures are not directly comparable.
70WThis information is available in the Library.