HC Deb 20 January 1969 vol 776 cc28-31
39. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will state by trade, sex and occupation the number of persons unemployed in the city of Aberdeen during each of the last 10 years and to the latest convenient date.

Mr. Fernyhongh

As the reply consists of a table of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Hughes

Even in the absence of the figures, which the Minister has not given us, can he not devise means of eliminating: unemployment entirely from the otherwise prosperous City of Aberdeen?

INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE ABERDEEN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE
9th December, 1968 11th December, 1967 12th December, 1966
Industry Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Agriculture and horticulture 87 — 87 100 — 100 98 6 104
Fishing 83 — 83 84 — 84 111 — 111
Bacon curing, meat and fish products 92 29 121 74 22 96 56 34 90
Shipbuilding and ship-repairing 29 — 29 104 — 104 70 — 70
Spinning and doubling of cotton, flax and man-made fibres 21 4 25 18 4 22 17 5 22
Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 32 1 33 14 — 14 24 — 24
Timber 18 — 18 24 — 24 41 — 41
Construction 291 3 294 236 1 237 202 4 206
Sea transport 42 — 42 69 — 69 63 — 63
Distributive trades 228 56 284 199 62 261 209 93 302
Entertainment and sport 27 1 28 47 4 51 32 6 38
Catering, hotels, etc. 81 30 111 78 32 110 81 51 132
Private domestic service 2 10 12 3 8 11 3 24 27
Local government service 149 5 154 163 3 166 150 10 160
Other industries and services 701 132 833 690 108 798 575 181 756
Total, all Industries and Services 1,883 271 2,154 1,903 244 2,147 1,732 414 2,146
Mr. Fernyhough

If my hon. and learned Friend looks at the graph over the last ten years, extending back to the time of the previous Administration, he will find that we have been very successful concerning Aberdeen. The unemployment graph there has steadily gone down almost year by year. My hon. Friend will, further, be happy to know that of the two advance factories which the Board of Trade has constructed, one has already been taken by Ladybird (Scotland) and the Department is hoping that a tenant will be found for the other factory very shortly.

Following are the figures:

6th December, 1965 7th December, 1964 9th December, 1963
Industry Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Agriculture and horticulture 89 6 95 130 4 134 139 11 150
Fishing 73 1 74 93 — 93 154 — 154
Bacon curing, meat and fish products 48 39 87 77 44 121 102 64 166
Shipbuilding and ship-repairing 44 1 45 58 1 59 46 — 46
Spinning and doubling of cotton, flax and man-made fibres 17 8 25 25 14 39 31 36 67
Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 19 4 23 35 2 37 44 2 46
Timber 42 2 44 61 — 61 37 — 37
Construction 181 1 182 255 3 258 209 — 209
Sea transport 81 — 81 81 1 82 95 1 96
Distributive trades 183 133 316 232 171 403 267 184 451
Entertainment and sport 31 10 41 41 12 53 63 16 79
Catering, hotels, etc. 66 54 120 79 82 161 110 76 186
Private domestic service 9 28 37 8 24 32 8 38 46
Local government service 125 10 135 133 22 155 191 34 225
Other industries and services 544 259 803 588 300 888 647 359 1,006
Total, all Industries and Services 1,552 556 2,108 1,896 680 2,576 2,143 821 2,964
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