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Monday, May 14, 2007

Scotland tops UK for those on benefits due to alcohol
STEWART PATERSON
May 14, 2007

Alcohol abuse prevents thousands of Scots from working and the west of Scotland has the highest rate of drink-related benefit claimants in the UK, according to new figures.

Inverclyde, which includes Greenock and Port Glasgow, has the highest percentage of alcohol related incapacity benefit claimants, followed in second place by Glasgow.

In Scotland's largest city more than 2000 men and women are registered unable to work because of a drink problem. West Dunbartonshire, which includes Clydebank and Dumbarton, is the seventh highest in a list of claimants by local authority.

The problem is significant in all of Scotland's major cities, with Dundee, Edinburgh and Aberdeen also appearing in the UK top ten, which features a total of seven Scottish locations.

Across the UK almost 50,000 men and women have an alcohol abuse problem so serious they are registered unfit to work and qualify for benefits as a result.

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Source: The Daily Dose

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