Table 1 Claimant Count in Scotland and the Kilmarnock and Loudoun Parliamentary Constituency, May 2003 to March 2008 Scotland Kilmarnock and Loudoun May 2003 102,365 2,345 June 2003 101,730 2,281 July 2003 105,014 2,273 August 2003 104,247 2,316 September 2003 96,990 2,171 October 2003 95,026 2,099 November 2003 95,449 2,093 December 2003 96,166 2,113 January 2004 105,928 2,388 February 2004 106,896 2,263 March 2004 103,519 2,239 April 2004 99,027 2,171 May 2004 94,507 2,068 June 2004 92,406 2,014 July 2004 94,080 2,094 August 2004 94,494 2,132 September 2004 88,401 1,915 October 2004 86,025 1,894 November 2004 86,053 1,851 December 2004 86,043 1,889 January 2005 95,627 2,331 February 2005 96,108 2,162 March 2005 93,577 2,213 April 2005 90,411 2,073 May 2005 88,491 1,981 June 2005 87,044 1,963 July 2005 88,480 2,109 August 2005 89,395 2,157 September 2005 83,782 1,926 October 2005 82,049 1,833 November 2005 82,827 1,816 December 2005 83,628 1,820 January 2006 92,591 2,023 February 2006 95,190 2,048 March 2006 95,361 2,041 April 2006 92,661 1,969 May 2006 90,832 1,929 June 2006 90,091 1,894 July 2006 92,105 1,976 August 2006 92,196 2,017 September 2006 85,861 1,892 October 2006 84,101 1,848 November 2006 83,274 1,813 December 2006 82,818 1,830 January 2007 88,623 1,937 February 2007 89,798 1,966 March 2007 87,397 1,923 April 2007 82,803 1,875 May 2007 79,521 1,738 June 2007 76,393 1,719 July 2007 76,955 1,767 August 2007 77,269 1,711 September 2007 71,504 1,576 October 2007 68,683 1,530 November 2007 68,538 1,536 December 2007 69,165 1,567 January 2008 74,411 1,693 February 2008 76,111 1,689 March 2008 75,249 1,711 Source: Claimant Count, Office for National Statistics.