UNEMPLOYMENT SUMMARY - AUGUST 2004

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND TRANSPORT source : Office for National Statistics Aug-04 Jul-04 Aug-03 numbers rate numbers rate numbers rate former ttwa males females total males females total males females total males females total males females total males females total

Arbroath 474 171 645 5.8 2.5 4.3 471 184 655 5.8 2.7 4.3 553 224 777 8.8 4.5 6.9 Brechin & Montrose 541 248 789 4.4 2.5 3.6 552 235 787 4.5 2.4 3.6 581 252 833 5.8 2.8 4.4 Dundee 3224 1110 4334 6.3 2.4 4.5 3286 1080 4366 6.2 2.3 4.3 3813 1171 4984 8.0 3.1 6.0 Forfar 230 128 358 2.7 1.7 2.3 255 139 394 3.0 1.9 2.5 276 154 430 3.3 2.7 3.0 Aberdeen 2472 896 3368 2.5 1.1 1.9 2527 864 3391 2.6 1.1 1.9 2523 927 3450 2.2 1.2 1.8 Blairgowrie & Pitlochry 225 105 330 2.3 1.2 1.8 226 111 337 2.3 1.3 1.8 224 89 313 3.0 1.5 2.3 ANGUS COUNCIL 1352 581 1933 4.0 1.9 3.0 1400 595 1995 4.2 1.9 3.1 1543 668 2211 4.6 2.1 3.4 DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL 2912 977 3889 6.4 2.2 4.4 2959 954 3913 6.6 2.2 4.4 3462 1035 4497 7.6 2.3 5.0 PERTH & KINROSS COUNCIL 1096 470 1566 2.6 1.2 1.9 1082 456 1538 2.6 1.2 1.9 1115 447 1562 2.7 1.2 1.9 COUNCIL 1320 595 1915 1.8 0.9 1.4 1361 563 1924 1.8 0.8 1.4 1321 585 1906 1.8 0.9 1.3 70409 24085 94494 4.4 1.6 3.0 70532 23548 94080 4.4 1.5 3.0 78365 25882 104247 4.9 1.7 3.3 GREAT BRITAIN 594761 220783 815544 3.2 1.3 2.3 597157 213023 810180 3.2 1.2 2.3 669774 241557 911331 3.7 1.4 2.6

Official rates for the former Travel to Work Areas are no longer available. The TTWA rates above, are estimates based on the area of residence of the workforce.ABERDEEN

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AUGUST 2004 8

7 ARBROATH

6 BRECHIN & MONTROSE BRECHIN & 5 MONTROSE DUNDEE 4 FORFAR 3 BLAIRGOWRIE FORFAR percentage SCOTLAND &PITLOCHRY 2 ARBROATH DUNDEE 1 ANGUS COUNCIL 0 TRAVEL TO WORK AREAS Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug- 03 03 03 03 03 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04

PERTH

1 Dundee TTWA includes Newport, Tayport, Monifieth and Carnoustie. Brechin and Montrose TTWA includes Laurencekirk and Inverbervie. 2 Council and country rates are calculated using residency-based data. TTWA rates are estimated residency-based rates. UNEMPLOYMENT SUMMARY - AUGUST 2004

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND TRANSPORT source : Office for National Statistics and Careers Scotland

STOCK OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES UNEMPLOYED/VACANCY RATIO SCHOOL LEAVERS/UNDER 18 UNEMPLOYED Aug-04 Jul-04 Aug-03 Aug-04 Jul-04 Aug-03 careers office areas aggregated to TTWA SCOTLAND 36375 30910 36017 2.60 3.04 2.89 Aug-04 Jul-04 Aug-03 ARBROATH 306 139 183 2.11 4.71 4.25 ARBROATH 139 108 91 MONTROSE 109 99 100 7.24 7.95 8.33 MONTROSE 67 73 64 DUNDEE 1060 1085 1496 4.09 4.02 3.33 DUNDEE 439 452 509 FORFAR 134 243 121 2.67 1.62 3.55 FORFAR 43 42 44 ABERDEEN 2912 2579 2904 1.16 1.31 1.19 BLAIRGOWRIE 22 22 16 BLAIRGOWRIE 28 52 67 11.79 6.48 4.67

Unemployment/Vacancy Rate Aug-03 Jul-04 Youth Unemployed as a Percentage of all ARBROATH MONTROSE Aug-04 Unemployed DUNDEE 14.00 FORFAR BLAIRGOWRIE 12.00 25.00

10.00 20.00 8.00

6.00 15.00

4.00 Percent persons per job 10.00 2.00

0.00 5.00 FORFAR DUNDEE 0.00 SCOTLAND ABERDEEN ARBROATH MONTROSE Jul-04 Jul-04 Jul-04 Oct-03 Oct-03 Apr-04 Apr-04 Jan-04 Jan-04 Jan-04 Jun-04 Jun-04 Mar-04 Mar-04 Feb-04 Feb-04 Nov-03 Nov-03 Dec-03 Dec-03 Aug-03 Aug-03 Aug-03 Sep-03 Sep-03 BLAIRGOWRIE May-04 May-04

note : it is generally accepted that vacancies notified to jobcentres represent only about one third of all jobs available. UNEMPLOYMENT SUMMARY - AUGUST 2004 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND TRANSPORT source : Office for National Statistics Rates for Council areas are calculated using residency-based data. unitary ranked council areas rate Inverclyde 5.5 LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS 4.7 6.0 Glasgow City 4.5 Dundee City 4.4 East Ayrshire 4.4 West Dumbartonshire 4.3 Western Isles 3.9 5.0 3.7 Clackmannan 3.5 Renfrewshire 3.3 South Ayrshire 3.3 4.0 North 3.2 Angus 3.0 Falkirk 3.0 Scottish Average Scotland 3.0 Angus 3.0 South Lanarkshire 2.7 & Bute 2.6 Dumfries & 2.6 Edinburgh City 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.3 West 2.3 Midlothian 2.1 Aberdeen City 1.9 1.0 1.9 Perth & Kinross 1.9 East Dumbartonshire 1.8 East Lothian 1.7 East Renfrewshire 1.7 0.0

Scottish Borders 1.7 Fife Moray Angus Falkirk Stirling Scotland Islands 1.7 Highland Midlothian Inverclyde Dundee City East Lothian East Argyll & Bute Glasgow City Glasgow Renfrewshire West Lothian West East AyrshireEast Western Isles Clackmannan

Orkney Islands 1.5 City Aberdeen North Ayrshire South Ayrshire South Edinburgh City Edinburgh Aberdeenshire Islands Orkney Perth & Kinross Shetland Islands Shetland North Lanarkshire North East Renfrewshire East Aberdeenshire 1.4 Lanarkshire South Dumfries & Galloway & Dumfries East Dumbartonshire East West Dumbartonshire West UNEMPLOYMENT SUMMARY - AUGUST 2004 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND TRANSPORT source : Office for National Statistics Official unemployment rates are no longer available for the former TTWA's. The rates expressed below former travel to rate are estimated workforce-based rates with workforce as at Dec 2002 and will therefore differ from the tables above. work areas ranked Useful for comparison purposes only. Irvine 7.8% Cumnock & Sanquhar 7.7% Greenock 7.0% Kirkcaldy 6.5% Former Travel to Work Areas (official unemployment rates are no longer available for the former Alloa 6.4% 9.0% Kilmarnock 6.2% TTWA's. The rates expressed here are estimated workforce-based rates using workforce at Dec 2002)) Arbroath 5.7% Dumbarton 5.4% Wick 5.2% Dundee 5.2% 8.0% Forres 4.8% Lanarkshire 4.8% Western Isles 4.7% Dunfermline 4.7% Girvan 4.5% 7.0% Campbeltown 4.5% Buckie 4.4% Ayr 4.3% Falkirk 4.2% Brechin & Montrose 4.2% 6.0% Stranraer 4.2% Arbroath Glasgow 4.1% Dunoon & Bute 4.0% Dundee 4.0% Invergordon & Dingwall 3.8% Bathgate 3.6% 5.0% Newton Stewart 3.4% Thurso 3.0% Stewartry 3.0% Brechin & Montrose Keith 2.9% Banff 2.9% 4.0% Hawick 2.8% Scottish Average Peterhead 2.8% (residence-based) Dumfries 2.7% Lockerbie 2.7% /Mid Argyll 2.7% 3.0% Skye & Wester Ross 2.6% Forfar Stirling 2.6% North East Fife 2.5% Edinburgh 2.5% Forfar 2.5% 2.0% Haddington 2.5% Blairgowrie & Pitlochry 2.4% Elgin 2.4% Huntly 2.4% 2.3% 1.0% Annan 2.3% Perth 2.3% Galashiels 2.1% 2.1% Fraserburgh 2.1% 0.0% Peebles 2.1% Oban 2.0% Wick Alloa Banff Crieff Oban Irvine Forfar Huntly Annan Forres Girvan Falkirk 1.9% Buckie Arbroath Stranraer Stewartry Greenock Crieff 1.9% Lockerbie Peterhead Galashiels

Aberdeen 1.7% Fraserburgh Western Isles North East Fife North East Orkney Islands Dunoon & Bute & Dunoon

Lochaber 1.7% Newton Stewart Shetland Islands 1.7%

Orkney Islands 1.6% Wester Ross & Skye Blairgowrie & Pitlochry & Blairgowrie Kelso & Jedburgh 1.4% Dingwall Invergordon & UNEMPLOYMENT SUMMARY - AUGUST 2004

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND TRANSPORT source : Office for National Statistics

DURATION OF ALL UNEMPLOYED long AGE OF ALL UNEMPLOYED ttwa weeks term ttwa years 0-26 26-52 52-104 104+ 52+ <20 20-34 35-49 50+ ARBROATH 72% 16% 9% 2% 12% ARBROATH 13% 47% 24% 16% MONTROSE 66% 16% 11% 6% 18% MONTROSE 12% 37% 28% 22% DUNDEE 67% 17% 11% 5% 16% DUNDEE 14% 40% 27% 19% FORFAR 74% 17% 7% 3% 10% FORFAR 15% 39% 29% 17% ABERDEEN 74% 16% 7% 2% 10% ABERDEEN 13% 45% 26% 16% BLAIRGOWRIE 68% 20% 8% 5% 12% BLAIRGOWRIE 9% 37% 29% 25% ANGUS 70% 16% 10% 5% 14% ANGUS 13% 41% 26% 21% SCOTLAND 68% 17% 10% 4% 15% SCOTLAND 13% 42% 28% 17%

(New TTWA's are now in operation, Arbroath is subsumed in Dundee TTWA and Forfar TTWA now includes Blairgowrie. Data for the former TTWA's shown here may soon become unavailable)

Unemployed by Duration - Weeks Age of Unemployed by Age Group

100% 100%

80% 80%

60% 60%

40% 40%

20% 20%

0% 0% 104+ 50+ 52-104 ANGUS

ANGUS 35-49 FORFAR DUNDEE FORFAR DUNDEE SCOTLAND ABERDEEN ARBROATH SCOTLAND 26-52 ABERDEEN ARBROATH MONTROSE

MONTROSE 20-34 BLAIRGOWRIE 0-26 BLAIRGOWRIE <20