§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest unemployment figures, male and female, for
PROVISIONAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT 8TH FEBRUARY, 1971 IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS WHICH MOST NEARLY CORRESPOND WITH THE SCOTTISH NEW TOWNS Males Females Total Cumbernauld … … 387 163 550 East kilbride … … 516 172 688 Glenrothes … … 498 217 715 Irvine … … … 440 100 540 Livingston … … 261 70 331
PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT February, 1971 (provisional) February, 1970 February, 1969 February, 1968 February, 1967 Cumbernauld … … … … 6.3 3.8 2.8 2.6 7.0 North Lanarkshire travel-to-work area, which includes East Kilbride … … 6.4 4.9 4.8 5.4 4.9 Kirkcaldy travel-to-work area, which includes Glenrothes … … … 6.3 5.5 5.5 6.0 4.9 Irvine travel-to-work area … … 6.9 5.0 4.5 5.4 6.2 Bathgate travel-to-work area, which includes Livingston … … … 6.3 3.3 2.8 3.1 4.4 Percentage rates can be calculated for the whole of a travel-to-work area but not separately for its constituent parts.