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The claimant count gives the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits and is produced by the Office for National Statistics.

Table 1 shows the number of long-term unemployed people claiming unemployment related benefits in each council ward in Dundee City Council and also the long-term unemployed as a proportion of the resident working-age population and as a proportion of total unemployment in each ward.

Long-term unemployed are defined as those claiming unemployment related benefits for over 12 months. The latest data available are for May 2008.

Table 1: Claimant Count Unemployment for Wards in Dundee City, May 2008

Ward	Number of Long-Term Unemployed	% of Resident Working-Age Population who are Long-Term Unemployed	Long-Term Unemployed as % of Total Unemployment
Ardler	15	0.6%	17.6%
Balgay	5	0.2%	6.7%
Balgillo	*	*	*
Balgowan	10	0.4%	7.1%
Barnhill	5	0.1%	12.8%
Baxter Park	15	0.4%	14.4%
Bowbridge	20	0.7%	13.2%
Brackens	15	0.4%	12.3%
Broughty Ferry	*	*	*
Camperdown	10	0.4%	6.5%
Claverhouse	10	0.3%	10.5%
Craigiebank	10	0.5%	16.4%
Douglas	25	0.8%	13.5%
East Port	25	0.7%	18.0%
Fairmuir	20	0.7%	17.2%
Hilltown	20	0.6%	10.5%
Law	20	0.6%	13.4%
Lochee East	15	0.6%	12.4%
Lochee West	20	0.7%	13.4%
Logie	10	0.4%	12.7%
Longhaugh	25	0.7%	12.7%
Ninewells	10	0.4%	8.5%
Pitkerro	25	0.7%	11.7%
Riverside	5	0.1%	16.1%
Stobswell	25	0.9%	14.0%
Strathmartine	5	0.2%	7.0%
Tay Bridges	15	0.3%	12.8%
West Ferry	*	*	*
Whitfield	20	1.0%	14.5%
Dundee City	400	0.4%	12.1%

Source: Office for National Statistics

* Data suppressed due to small numbers.

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.

Information on how many people have been diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneration in each of the last two years, broken down by NHS board is not held centrally.

Information on the number of people treated with photodynamic therapy in each of the last two years, broken down by NHS board, is not held centrally.

Information on patients undergoing treatment at the Scottish Centre for Photodynamic Therapy is not held centrally.

Information on the number of people suffering from age-related macular degeneration, and the percentage of people over the age of 65 who have the condition, is not collected centrally.

The data reported at NHS board level in the 2007 National Dental Inspection Programme is not available at community health partnership level.

The data collected in 2006-07 relating to primary 1 children is available at CHP level as part of the CHP Health and Wellbeing profiles via the Scotpho.org.uk website. In interpreting the date it should be kept in mind that not all health boards completed the inspection that year.

Data on the VAT-registered stock of businesses are released annually by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). The latest available data refers to the stock of VAT-registered businesses in Scotland at the beginning of 2007. These figures are consistent with the VAT registration and de-registration data published by BERR.

The following table shows the VAT stock of businesses (start of year) in Dundee City local authority in 2000 and 2007:

Local Authority	2000	2007
Dundee City	2,290	2,495
Scotland	125,935	136,890

Source: BERR.

Note: These figures do not account for all business activity as only companies with a turnover above the VAT threshold are required to register.

Data on the number of VAT registrations are released annually by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). The latest available data refers to all VAT registrations taking place in Scotland in 2006.

The following table shows the number of VAT registrations and the rate per 1,000 resident population (aged 16+) in Dundee City local authority from 2004 to 2006:

Local Authority	VAT Registrations			VAT Registrations (Rate per 1,000 Population)
	2004	2005	2006	2004	2005	2006
Dundee City	265	255	225	2.2	2.2	1.9
Scotland	11,980	11,665	11,825	2.9	2.8	2.8

Source: BERR.

Note: These figures do not account for all business activity as only companies with a turnover above the VAT threshold are required to register.

Estimates of life expectancy at birth, broken down by gender and Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD), are published by the General Register Office for Scotland. The most recent period for which estimates are available is 2004-06.

Life expectancy in Scotland, broken down by gender:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/life-expectancy/life-expectancy-at-scotland-level.html (see table 1).

Life expectancy in Scotland, broken down by SIMD:

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/life-expectancy/life-expectancy-in-special-areas-2004-2006/life-expectancy-in-special-areas-2004-2006-tables.html (see table 7).

The grant allocation at the beginning of each financial year is a single figure which includes provision for all relevant elements of the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP). In addition to the provision of affordable housing for rent this includes an allocation for grant mechanisms providing low cost home ownership and grants for the physical and social environment. The allocation for affordable housing for rent is not recorded separately.

The table below provides details of the allocation of AIHP in Dundee City Council area since 2004-05.

Financial Year	AHIP Allocation	Real Terms
2004-05	£6.952 million	£7.759 million
2005-06	£10.000 million	£10.926 million
2006-07	£10.000 million	£10.635 million
2007-08	£12.250 million	£12.618 million
2008-09	£7.766 million	£7.766 million

 

Over the period 2008-11 the Scottish Government will be providing investment of over £1.5 billion for affordable housing across Scotland. £493 million in 2008-09, £566 million in 2009-10 and £591 million in 2010-11. Taking into account the local government settlement this is 19% more than planned by the previous administration for 2005-08. Over the period 2008-11, the Scottish Government aims to deliver more than 21,500 new affordable homes nationally which is in line with levels of approvals achieved for 2005-08 despite increasing costs. These will be split 6,000 in 2008-09, 7,100 in 2009-10 and 8,400 in 2010-11.