HC Deb 06 March 1972 vol 832 c243W
Mr. Donald Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of employees in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland in June, 1966, June, 1970, and June, 1971, with separate totals for males and females.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The estimated numbers of employees, employed and unemployed, in the Highland planning region of Scotland at June, 1966, were 84,900–56,300 males and 28,600 females. At June, 1970, the latest date for which estimates for this area are available, the corresponding figures were 84,600, 53,900 and 30,700.

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