§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what has been the estimated net gain of new jobs in Scotland in each of the last 10 years; and how many new jobs are expected in the next two years.
§ Mr. FernyhoughInformation is available about the level of employment in Scotland at mid-year for each of the last ten years. It is not possible to estimate the number of new jobs likely to arise over as short a period as two years, but there are currently about 41,000 jobs in prospect over the next four years in authorised new industrial buildings and in existing buildings taken over by manufacturing firms according to information given by the developers.
Following is the information about the level of employment in Scotland in the last ten years:—
Net Changes in the estimated numbers of employees in employment in Scotland (Thousands) June, 1958 to June, 1959 +11 June, 1959 to June, 1960 +18 June, 1960 to June, 1961 +10 June, 1961 to June, 1962 +18 June, 1962 to June, 1963 -32 June, 1963 to June, 1964 +23 June, 1964 to June, 1965 +18 June, 1965 to June, 1966 + 4 June, 1966 to June, 1967 -43 June, 1967 to June, 1968 -14
§ Mr. Youngerasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what was the net gain in jobs in Scotland in the years 1960 to 1964; and what was 269W the net loss in jobs in Scotland from 1965 to the present time.
§ Mr. FernyhoughThe estimated number of employees in employment in Scotland increased by 19,000 between June, 1960 and June, 1964 and decreased by 35,000 between June, 1964 and June, 1968.