HC Deb 03 May 1968 vol 763 cc252-7W
Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Minister of Labour what was the percentage of the total insured population ranking for payment of regional employment premium, unemployed, and employed, respectively, in the catering industry, in each employment exchange area in Scotland on the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Hattersley

Figures giving the number of employees in establishments eligible for regional employment premium are not available for individual employment exchanges areas. Broad estimates are, however, available of the number of employees in employment exchange areas, or in some cases groups of such areas, analysed by industry. The proportion of the total of employees (which include the unemployed) in manufacturing industry derived from such estimates will not correspond exactly with the proportion in establish-

PERCENTAGES THAT (1) ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (ORDERS III—XVI OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION) AT MID, 1966; (2) ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN CATERING, HOTELS, ETC. (MINIMUM LIST HEADING 884) AT MID, 1966; AND (3) TOTAL REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED AT APRIL, 1968 FORMED OF THE ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF ALL EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED, AT MID, 1966 IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE OR TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREAS IN SCOTLAND.
Percentage of employees in all industries and services
Manufacturing industries (rounded to the nearest whole number) Mid, 1966 Catering, Hotels, etc. (rounded to the nearest whole number Mid, 1966 Total registered unemployed April, 1968
(1) (2) (3)
Aberdeen … 28 3 2.2
Inverurie … 30 1
Stonehaven … 13 4
Anstruther … 14 7 6.8
Arbroath and Carnoustie … 39 3 2.9
Ardrossan … 13 5 5.4
Irvine … 55 2
Kilwinning … 35 —
Stevenston … 79 1
Ayr … 23 6 3.9
Troon … 45 6
Banchory … 4 13 3.1
Banff … 10 2 6.5
Bathgate … 43 2 3.0
Broxburn … 32 2
West Calder … 30 2
Blairgowrie … 23 3 3.2
Brechin … 26 3 3.9
Buckie … 20 2 6.2
Campbeltown … 14 4 10.1
Castle Douglas … 13 5 5.2
Cumbernauld … 60 1 3.0
Cumnock … 16 1 4.6
Cupar … 22 1 2.0
Dingwall and Invergordon … 12 6 7.8
Dumbarton … 42 1 4.4
Alexandria … 66 3
Helensburgh … 12 6
Dumfries … 23 4 4.5
Annan … 44 4
Dundee and Broughty Ferry … 48 2 2.9
Dunfermline … 31 2 4.6
Burntisland … 59 2
Cowdenbeath … 13 3
Inverkeithing … 61 3
Dunoon … 7 14 3.6
Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello … 27 5 2.3
Dalkeith … 27 3
Loanhead … 28 1
Elgin and Lossiemouth … 22 4 4.6
Eyemouth … 16 2 3.9

ments eligible for regional employment premium.

The following table gives the estimated percentage of employees in manufacturing industries and in the hotel and catering industry in each area in Scotland in June, 1966, and the percentage registered as unemployed in April, 1968. The percentage of employees in manufacturing industry may be slightly overstated for technical reasons.

Percentage of employees in all industries and service
Manufacturing industries (rounded to the nearest whole number) Mid, 1966 Catering, Hotels, etc. (rounded to the nearest whole number) Mid, 1966 Total registered unemployed April, 1968
(1) (2) (3)
Falkirk … … 40 3 3.4
Bo'ness … … 39 4
Bonnybridge … … 59 1
Grangemouth … … 58 2
Linlithgow … … 49 1
Forfar … … 31 2 1.4
Forres and Nairn … … 9 10 5.7
Fort William … … 29 8 4.6
Fraserburgh … … 40 1 6.3
Galashiels … … 39 2 0.8
Girvan … … 21 10 10.3
Glasgow … … 36 3 4.6
Barrhead … … 55 2
Clydebank … … 72 2
Kirkintilloch … … 33 1
Rutherglen … … 51 2
Greenock … … 48 3 7.1
Port Glasgow … … 73 2
Haddington … … 27 3 2.2
Hawick … … 59 2 1.4
Huntly … … 11 2 4.9
Inverness … … 9 9 5.6
Jedburgh and Kelso … … 21 3 1.7
Keith … … 39 2 5.1
Kilbirnie … … 57 1 3.7
Dalry … … 51 1
Kilmarnock … … 55 1 3.0
Newmilns … … 65 1
Kilsyth … … 12 3 8.7
Kirkcaldy … … 25 2 5.4
Glenrothes … … 62 1
Leven and Methil … … 24 3
Kirkwall … … 7 4 6.6
Lanark … … 17 4 6.4
Largs … … 5 20 4.6
Lerwick … … 18 4 11.9
Lesmahagow … … 25 1 8.1
Lochgilphead … … 2 9 4.1
Montrose … … 25 2 5.2
Motherwell … … 55 1 4.9
Airdrie … … 61 2
Bellshill … … 55 1
Cambuslang … … 59 1
Carluke … … 15 —
Coatbridge … … 49 1
East Kilbride … … 57 2
Hamilton and Blantyre … … 36 2
Larkhall … … 55 1
Uddingston … … 64 2
Wishaw … … 47 1
Musselburgh … … 22 2 3.6
Tranent … … 8 4
Newton Stewart … … 23 4 7.5
North Berwick … … 6 15 2.4
Oban … … 6 14 7.1
Paisley … … 40 2 3.0
Johnston … … 68 1
Renfrew … … 74 1
Peebles … … 37 8 1.4
Perth … … 16 5 2.6
Crieff … … 9 12
Peterhead … … 34 1 5.7
Pitlochry … … 4 20 1.9
Portree … … 5 20 9.2
Rothesay … … 7 14 7.2
Percentage of employees in all industries and services
Manufacturing industries (rounded to the nearest whole number) Mid, 1966 Catering, Hotels, etc (rounded to the nearest whole number) Mid, 1966 Total registered unemployed April, 1968
(1) (2) (3)
St. Andrews … … … … 15 12 1.2
Tayport … … … … 34 4
Sanquhar … … … … 17 1 9.2
Shotts … … … … 23 1 5.4
Stirling … … … … 19 7 2.7
Alloa … … … … 51 2
Stornoway … … … … 24 4 22.7
Stranraer … … … … 13 5 9.1
Thurso … … … … 6 5 8.9
Turriff … … … … 7 5 8.4
Wick … … … … 7 7 9.8