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Written Question · S2W-17024 · Session 2

What information it has on the (a) numbers and (b) unemployment rates of female claimants in each ward of Angus Council in the latest month…

Answered Asked by Marlyn Glen Lab Lodged 1 Jun 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the (a) numbers and (b) unemployment rates of female claimants in each ward of Angus Council in the latest month for which figures are available, using claimant count as the basis for such calculations.

The answer

Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 Jun 2005 · 7 days after it was lodged, on time

Table 1 contains the claimant count unemployment number and claimant count unemployment rate for female claimants in each ward of Angus Council in April 2005.
Table 1 Female Claimant Count Unemployment Number and Rate1 for Wards2 in Angus Council, April 2005

| Claimant Count
| Claimant Count Rate

Harbour
| 41
| 3.9%

Brothock
| 50
| 3.6%

Timmergreens and Elms
| 23
| 2.0%

Arbirlot and Hospitalfield
| 12
| 1.0%

Marywell and Cliffburn
| 19
| 1.8%

Colliston and Hayshead
| 29
| 2.3%

Carnoustie East
| 10
| 0.6%

Carnoustie West
| 18
| 1.1%

Forfar Central and Lemno
| 19
| 1.5%

Dunnichen
| 17
| 1.1%

Montrose North
| 18
| 1.6%

Hillside
| 14
| 1.0%

Kirriemuir
| 31
| 2.1%

Western Glens
| 7
| 1.2%

Eastern Glens
| 6
| 1.8%

Langlands
| 23
| 1.9%

Westfield and Dean
| 16
| 1.1%

Montrose South
| 50
| 4.3%

Lunan
| 18
| 1.4%

Brechin North
| 16
| 1.3%

Brechin South
| 33
| 3.0%

Monifieth West
| 8
| 0.6%

Monifieth East
| 16
| 1.0%

Sidlaw
| 14
| 0.9%

Source: Office for National Statistics.
Notes:
1. Rates for wards are calculated using the claimant count unemployment level as the numerator, and a measure of economically active residents as the denominator.
2. 1991 frozen wards.

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