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Written Question · S3W-07367 · Session 3

How many, and what percentage of, people were long-term unemployed in each local authority ward in the City of Edinburgh Council area on th…

Answered Asked by Gavin Brown Con Lodged 3 Dec 2007

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, people were long-term unemployed in each local authority ward in the City of Edinburgh Council area on the most recent date for which figures are available.

The answer

Answered by John Swinney on 11 Dec 2007 · 8 days after it was lodged, on time

The ClaimantCount gives the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits and isproduced by the Office for National Statistics.
Table 1 shows thenumber of long-term unemployed people claiming unemployment related benefits ineach council ward in the City of Edinburgh and alsothe long-term unemployed as a proportion of the resident working-age populationand as a proportion of total unemployment in each ward.
Long-termunemployed are defined as those claiming unemployment related benefits for over12 months. The latest data available are for October 2007.
Table 1: ClaimantCount Unemployment for Wards in City of Edinburgh, October 2007
Ward
| Number of Long-Term Unemployed
| % of Resident Working Age Population who are Long-Term Unemployed
| Long-Term Unemployed as % of Total Unemployment

Balerno
| 0
| 0.0
| 0.0%

Baberton
| 5
| 0.1
| 15.2%

Dalmeny/Kirkliston
| 10
| 0.2
| 13.7%

Queensferry
| 10
| 0.1
| 19.2%

Cramond
| 5
| 0.1
| 17.9%

Davidson's Mains
| 5
| 0.1
| 19.2%

Muirhouse/Drylaw
| 30
| 0.6
| 12.0%

Craigleith
| 0
| 0.0
| 0.0%

Pilton
| 25
| 0.5
| 12.6%

Granton
| 25
| 0.5
| 13.4%

Trinity
| 5
| 0.1
| 10.6%

Newhaven
| 15
| 0.3
| 9.5%

East Craigs
| 5
| 0.2
| 7.1%

N.E. Corstorphine
| 5
| 0.1
| 11.9%

Murrayfield
| 5
| 0.1
|

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