25. Mr. J. Hillasked the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of the insured population covered by the Local Employment Act is in Scotland.
§ Mr. N. MacphersonDevelopment districts in Scotland under the Local Employment Act, 1960, now cover 51.6 per cent. of the total estimated insured employees in development districts in Great Britain, but if development districts for which applications for assistance are not accepted, i.e. those on the stop-list, are excluded, 74.6 per cent are in Scotland.