§ 96. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Labour how many people are now unemployed in Scotstoun; and how do these figures compare with each of the preceding five years and with each of the five years after the 1914–18 war, respectively.
§ Mr. George IsaacsStatistics are not available in respect of Parliamentary divisions. The greater part of the Scotstoun332W division is in the area of the Partick employment exchange, which also covers a large part of the Hillhead division. The following table shows the numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of the Partick employment exchange in September of the years 1945–1950 and 1922–1923. Figures are not available for 1919–1921:
17th September, 1945, 554; 16th September, 1946, 1, 714; 15th September, 1947, 1,254; 13th September, 1948, 1,172; 12th September, 1949, 1,098; 11th September, 1950, 935; 25th September, 1922; 7,521; 24th September, 1923, 7,619.