Mr. W. H. K. Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the total number of persons employed and unemployed in the area covered by the Banff, Buckie and Keith employment exchanges in each of the past five years
ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED, IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES AND GROUPS OF AS PERCENTAGES OF EMPLOYEES IN ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES June, 1969 June, 1968 June, 1967 June, 1966 June, 1965 Number (000s) Per cent. Number (000s) Per cent. Number (000s) Per cent. Number (000s) Per cent. Number (000s) Per cent. Agriculture and Forestry … 1.1 10 1.3 12 1.4 13 1.6 14 1.8 14 Fishing … … … 1.1 10 1.1 10 1.2 11 1.2 10 1.1 9 Food, Drink and Tobacco … 0.9 8 0.9 8 1.0 9 0.9 8 0.9 8 Manufacturing industries expect Food, Drink and Tobacco … … … 1.8 17 1.8 16 1.7 15 1.7 14 1.7 13 Construction … … 1.1 10 1.2 11 1.0 9 1.1 9 1.3 10 All industries and services … 10.6 100 11.4 100 11.0 100 11.9 100 12.6 100 The local employment records from which these figures are obtained do not purport to measure small changes in individual industries from one year to another. For this reason, and also to avoid disclosing particulars about individual firms, figures are given for (1) agriculture and forestry (2) fishing (3) the industry order food, drink and tobacco (4) the remainder of manufacturing industry and (5) construction.