How many and what percentage of people were long-term unemployed in Scotland on the most recent date for which figures are available.

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 Scotland and also the long-term unemployed as a proportionof the resident working-age population and as a proportion of total unemploymentin Scotland.
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, Scotland, May 2007

| Number of Long-Term Unemployed
| % of Resident Working Age Population
who are Long-Term Unemployed
| Long-Term Unemployed as
% of Total Unemployment

Scotland
| 12,490
| 0.4%
| 15.7%

Source: Office forNational Statistics.
Notes:
1. Long-term unemployeddefined as those claiming for over 12 months.
2. Data on numberof long-term unemployed rounded to the nearest five.