HC Deb 30 April 1968 vol 763 cc178-9W
Mr. Monro

asked the Minister of Labour if she will give the numbers and proportion of employees eligible for regional employment premium payments, and the number and proportion of employees in the service industries in each of the employment exchange areas for Hawick, Annan, Dumfries and Galashiels.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

asked the Minister of Labour if she will give the numbers and proportion of employees eligible for regional employment premium payments, and the number and proportion of employees in the service industries in each of the employment exchange areas for Fort William, Inverness,

ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED) AT MID-1966 IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (I.E. ORDERS III TO XVI OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION) AND IN TAX-BEARING INDUSTRIES (I.E. ORDER XVII, MLH 709 IN ORDER XIX, ORDER XX, ORDER XXI, MLH 871, MLH 873 AND MLH 879 IN ORDER XXII AND ORDER XXIII)
Manufacturing Industries Tax-Bearing Industries
Number of employees (rounded to the nearest hundred) Percentage of all industries and services (rounded to the nearest whole number) Number of employees (rounded to the nearest hundred) Percentage of all industries and services (rounded to the nearest whole number)
Fort William 1,900 29 2,900 46
Inverness 1,900 9 10,800 50
Stirling 4,600 19 10,000 40
Perth 4,300 16 12,800 47
Dumfries 5,300 23 8,400 36
Stonehaven 400 13 800 28
Montrose 1,800 25 2,300 32
Brechin 1,100 26 1,200 29
Hawick 7,100 59 2,700 22
Annan 2,300 44 1,900 36
Galashiels 5,400 39 4,200 31

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