Labour Statistics

asked 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

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

The 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).

	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.

Volume 113: debated on Thursday 26 March 1987