How many and what percentage of people were long-term unemployed in each local authority area in the South of Scotland parliamentary region…

The Claimant Countgives the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits and is producedby the Office for National Statistics.
The following tableshows the number of long-term unemployed people claiming unemployment related benefitsin each local authority area in the South of Scotland parliamentary region and alsothe long-term unemployed as a proportion of the resident working-age populationand as a proportion of total unemployment in each local authority.
Long-term unemployedare defined as those claiming unemployment related benefits for over 12 months.The latest data available are for May 2007.
Table 1: ClaimantCount Unemployment for Local Authorities in the South of Scotland Parliamentary Region, May 2007
Local Authority
| Number of Long-Term Unemployed
| % of Resident Working Age Population who are Long-Term Unemployed
| Long-Term Unemployed as % of Total Unemployment

Dumfries and Galloway
| 330
| 0.4%
| 16.0%

Scottish Borders
| 110
| 0.2%
| 12.4%

South Ayrshire
| 300
| 0.5%
| 16.3%

East Ayrshire
*
| 525
| 0.7%
| 19.9%

East Lothian
*
| 65
| 0.1%
| 9.3%

Midlothian
*
| 90
| 0.2%
| 11.2%

North Ayrshire
*
| 565
| 0.7%
| 17.0%

South Lanarkshire
*
| 510
| 0.3%
| 12.2%

All **
| 2,495
| 0.4%
| 15.2%

Source:Office for National Statistics.
Notes:
1.Long-term unemployed defined as those claiming for over 12 months.
2.Data on number of long-term unemployed rounded to the nearest five.
3.*Only part of the local authority located in the South of Scotland parliamentaryregion but the data are for the full local authority area.
4.**The figure for ALL is a total of the local authorities in the table. It does notprovide an estimate for the South of Scotland parliamentary region.