§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many males and females, respectively, were notified as being redundant in Scotland, by industry groups, during the year 1st February, 1971, to 31st January, 1972; and what were the figures for the previous five years.
§ Mr. BryanThe information, so far as it is available, is given in the following tables, subject to the explanatory footnotes:
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Numbers Affected Industry Groups 1969 (1st Half) 1968 1967 1966 Total Males included Total Males included Total Males included Total Males included Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing — — 73 36 41 28 13 13 Mining and Quarrying … 1,414 1,401 4,295 4,284 5,654 5,642 2,963 2,938 Food, Drink and Tobacco … 1,002 317 1,474 1,058 2,463 968 864 346 Chemicals and Allied Industries 175 51 541 421 621 553 962 437 Metal Manufacture … … 461 452 670 633 2,803 2,678 1,199 1,105 Engineering and Electrical Goods 1,899 1,747 4,928 3,856 6,518 5,059 3,781 2,596 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 849 834 1,981 1,973 2,824 2,803 2,797 2,756 Vehicles … … — — 446 440 638 610 2,103 1,911 Other Metal Goods … … 165 84 321 123 529 352 759 448 Textiles … … 119 22 1,873 524 2,814 820 1,122 459 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 32 30 7 4 22 17 26 22 Clothing and Footwear … 297 29 268 26 1,227 212 53 5 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. 185 181 563 515 398 376 838 772 Timber, Furniture etc … 115 103 177 141 420 332 186 151 Paper, Printing and Publishing 343 156 1,495 1,099 806 467 551 326 Other Manufacturing Industries 38 37 647 354 244 166 224 121 Construction … … 803 784 755 719 1,331 1,311 2,323 2,286 Gas, Electricity and Water … 98 77 21 21 65 60 108 108 Transport and Communication 58 58 454 438 1,047 1,019 484 445 Distributive Trades … … 332 129 995 325 706 330 441 211 Insurance, Banking and Finance — — 164 63 33 14 4 4 Professional and Scientific Services — — 72 20 36 9 — — Miscellaneous Services … 570 181 874 299 724 226 290 86 Public Administration and Defence 39 37 72 50 250 209 — — Notes
1. The figures given are not comprehensive since not all redundancies are notified to the Department.
2. The figures are compiled on the basis of "statistical months" and not calendar months. The years quoted are therefore from mid-December to mid-December.
3. A plus sign following a figure indicates that the precise male figure is not known.
4. The tables are split, due to the fact that a revised Standard Industrial Classification came into use in mid-1969.