– Scottish Parliament written question – answered on 27th June 2002.
Angus MacKay
Labour
Question S1W-26773
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of unemployment in (a) Edinburgh South and (b) Scotland has been in each year from 1992 to 2002.
Iain Gray
Labour
The claimant count levels are published on a monthly basis. The latest available data is May 2002, so May of each year has been used. Rates are not available for parliamentary constituency areas prior to 1996.
| TOP" width="16%"> May | Scotland | |||
Level | Per cent | Level | Per cent | |
1992 | 2,900 | N/A | 233,100 | 8.8 |
1993 | 3,200 | N/A | 243,700 | 9.7 |
1994 | 2,900 | N/A | 231,100 | 8.9 |
1995 | 2,600 | N/A | 199,000 | 7.5 |
1996 | 2,400 | 7.7 | 194,700 | 7.5 |
1997 | 2,000 | 6.8 | 160,300 | 6.4 |
1998 | 1,500 | 5.4 | 139,700 | 5.6 |
1999 | 1,400 | 5.1 | 134,700 | 5.3 |
2000 | 1,100 | 4.3 | 120,600 | 4.8 |
2001 | 900 | 3.6 | 106,700 | 4.3 |
2002 | 800 | 3.1 | 104,700 | 4.2 |
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