§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of long-term unemployed leaving the register in Scotland and in each travel-to-work area for each month between January 1987 and June 1988 inclusive.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 21 July 1988]: The number of claimants who had been unemployed for over 52 weeks
Claimants unemployed for more than 52 weeks leaving the count (excluding manually recorded departures) 1987 TTWA January February March April May June July August September October November December Aberdeen 123 184 176 172 320 256 321 338 338 333 405 244 Alloa 42 81 54 52 85 60 65 70 98 100 80 58 Annan 25 24 21 27 18 21 27 30 30 32 36 21 Arbroath 20 38 30 24 38 32 55 30 56 41 58 50 Ayr 78 151 133 120 197 127 149 205 151 149 194 100 Badenoch 12 17 13 14 I8 16 13 14 6 11 23 6 Banff 12 14 16 15 24 11 18 23 31 25 22 22 Bathgate 88 204 201 169 253 179 225 314 321 275 303 159 Berwickshire 4 13 14 17 32 11 19 17 22 7 23 18 Blairgowrie and Pitlochry 15 39 26 34 39 36 39 36 33 20 35 24 Brechin and Montrose 16 23 23 29 34 22 30 48 38 45 44 23 Buckie 8 14 9 11 20 7 15 10 I8 12 12 12 Campbeltown 9 17 17 10 23 14 14 20 21 20 12 17 Crieff 5 15 6 7 8 7 4 12 12 9 14 6 Cumnock and Sanquhar 46 106 89 77 122 75 80 99 100 91 96 56 Dumbarton 67 124 114 72 132 74 117 158 160 132 164 64 Dumfries 43 70 71 51 80 56 53 61 80 62 68 50 Dundee 180 336 298 256 368 347 370 308 410 376 469 244 Dunfermline 95 226 157 166 231 145 194 196 197 197 213 128 Dunoon and Bute 8 30 31 30 32 32 23 27 22 31 28 25 Edinburgh 469 825 650 524 842 658 712 919 818 944 962 547 Elgin 32 38 37 30 63 39 52 45 61 62 67 29 Falkirk 138 237 267 230 268 245 226 299 239 287 300 187 Forfar 8 19 22 17 29 44 34 40 41 28 35 24 F'orres 11 14 13 12 21 18 12 17 16 19 22 13 Fraserburgh 12 15 14 13 23 13 19 20 27 20 26 15 Galashiels 16 31 16 25 41 26 21 25 36 29 38 23 Girvan 11 17 15 20 19 16 17 24 28 15 17 4 Glasgow 1,189 2,692 2,091 1,726 2,801 2,100 2,598 2,681 2,872 2,665 2,929 1,734 Greenock 101 231 186 163 260 212 179 271 256 217 294 147 Haddington 10 21 17 21 46 19 33 40 43 29 54 13 Hawick 8 22 17 26 24 10 22 12 27 23 24 7 Huntly 5 12 8 4 12 5 11 12 6 13 14 7 Invergordon and Dingwall 29 49 51 71 103 71 62 101 77 52 72 36 Inverness 38 109 109 95 123 114 101 126 129 110 127 84 Irvine 116 271 272 199 275 240 199 291 297 291 306 181 Islay/Mid Argyll 6 18 16 11 14 15 13 21 9 10 14 12 Keith 10 9 11 11 18 14 10 21 13 15 9 9 Kelso and Jedburgh 8 16 7 10 12 7 5 6 14 11 14 6 Kilmarnock 63 139 103 112 135 114 94 133 202 165 171 100 Kirkcaldy 157 255 212 186 303 223 252 253 347 254 337 198 Lanarkshire 346 781 566 527 927 737 725 836 925 770 894 560 Lochaber 27 29 22 32 57 32 32 35 23 28 22 23 Lockerbie 11 14 12 8 18 9 12 15 15 7 16 9 Newton Stewart 11 16 22 14 16 11 13 23 9 18 11 10 North East Fife 27 55 35 33 60 35 37 51 40 50 50 34 Oban 16 12 14 24 33 28 25 31 14 18 16 14 Orkney Islands 12 21 11 19 29 17 17 24 21 20 15 7 Peebles 9 18 12 12 6 8 11 12 11 11 6 12 Perth 56 71 64 58 92 71 87 89 94 75 90 51 Peterhead 17 40 32 36 41 41 57 51 43 49 38 35 Shetland Islands 12 17 16 21 25 13 16 18 12 15 22 15 Skye and Wester Ross 8 16 18 23 32 26 24 20 17 17 15 13 Stewartry 15 30 29 18 34 21 26 25 24 33 17 9 Stirling 53 106 88 76 124 93 93 135 125 128 127 77 Stranraer 18 38 25 31 29 29 22 38 47 20 47 28 Sutherland 9 10 15 10 21 17 22 20 22 13 12 6 Thurso 7 28 10 15 26 8 17 16 19 11 16 9 Western Isles 15 70 47 59 44 37 21 52 38 37 40 34 Wick 5 8 10 20 28 9 13 9 10 10 14 13 Scotland 4,007 8,146 6,681 5,885 9,168 6,973 7,773 8,876 9,211 8,557 9,579 5,662 700W
Claimants unemployed for more than 52 weeks leaving the count (excluding manually recorded departures) TTWA 1988 January February March April May June Aberdeen 252 271 295 331 242 202 Alloa 58 98 86 79 80 63 Annan 26 28 22 34 29 31 Arbroath 27 35 32 23 37 28 Ayr 104 111 135 175 142 144 Badenoch 12 10 7 19 11 13 Banff 12 24 21 28 22 30 Bathgate 163 181 222 192 149 163 Berwickshire 5 7 5 17 12 10 Blairgowrie and Pitlochry 24 26 19 27 12 29 Brechin and Montrose 23 41 35 32 27 33 Buckie 16 4 6 16 17 14 and left the count in Scotland and in each travel-to-work area for each month between January 1987 and June 1988, excluding those whose departure was recorded manually, is shown in the following tables. Complete monthly totals on a Scotland and travel-to-work area basis could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
This information is available in the Library.
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TTWA 1988 January February March April May June Campbeltown 12 26 14 15 14 26 Crieff 4 11 12 4 6 6 Cumnock and Sanquhar 72 81 75 127 108 95 Dumbarton 77 136 122 119 96 115 Dumfries 38 57 32 60 50 50 Dundee 283 343 347 292 242 295 Dunfermline 141 179 150 193 149 174 Dunoon and Bute 16 24 28 39 19 26 Edinburgh 630 744 803 869 694 653 Elgin 32 21 20 42 30 34 Falkirk 200 277 240 277 222 217 Forfar 14 23 26 41 21 28 Forres 14 9 8 23 13 12 Fraserburgh 22 11 19 16 15 16 Galashiels 20 18 20 23 17 16 Girvan 10 19 21 19 17 24 Glasgow 1,912 2,141 2,246 2,748 2,043 2,086 Greenock 162 173 181 187 166 173 Haddington 18 22 18 30 18 28 Hawick 11 15 13 25 21 25 Huntly 12 4 6 19 8 8 Invergordon and Dingwall 31 49 52 62 41 78 Inverness 78 95 88 111 139 110 Irvine 212 244 230 282 206 230 Islay-Mid Argyll 6 12 14 24 22 9 Keith 9 5 7 14 13 14 Kelso and Jedburgh 12 13 11 17 8 22 Kilmarnock 97 131 111 178 95 92 Kirkcaldy 187 276 190 224 175 221 Lanarkshire 565 630 690 739 736 739 Lochaber 22 30 11 36 28 43 Lockerbie 10 8 10 12 12 7 Newton Stewart 12 8 9 25 25 13 North East Fife 30 51 36 33 36 35 Oban 14 19 17 24 22 20 Orkney Islands 19 12 12 26 20 22 Peebles 9 11 5 13 20 12 Perth 45 50 53 89 55 73 Peterhead 39 33 40 34 26 36 Shetland Islands 14 19 18 15 17 22 Skye and Wester Ross 8 14 11 21 17 27 Stewarty 23 25 23 22 15 19 Stirling 81 97 82 100 107 113 Stranraer 25 26 27 61 31 30 Sutherland 10 7 5 16 14 15 Thurso 7 7 20 12 18 20 Western Isles 32 25 43 49 38 39 Wick 10 16 21 7 17 30 SCOTLAND 6,029 7,083 7,122 8,387 6,702 6,958