§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of male jobs in Scotland for each year between 1967 and 1973 inclusive.
§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the information for each mid-year:
Estimated number of male employees in employment in Scotland (Thousands) June 1967 1,302 June 1968 1,279 June 1969 (a) 1,274 (b) 1,278 June 1970 1,258 June 1971(a) 1,207 (b) 1,216 June 1972 1,194 June 1973 1,221 The estimates from June 1969 (b) include improved information about the location of employees in the distributive trades. The estimates for June 1971 (a) 544W and earlier dates are based on counts of national insurance cards. The figures from June 1971 (b) are from the annual censuses of employment.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the ratio of the number of persons made redundant to the number of persons in employment in Scotland for each year between 1964 and the first quarter of 1974.
§ Mr. John FraserRedundancy figures for Scotland are not available for the period prior to 1965. For the period from 1965 on the ratios of persons notified as having been made redundant to the number of persons in employment in Scotland are:
Year Ratio 1965 1:202 1966 1: 96 1967 1: 65 1968 1: 90 1969 1:106 1970 1: 67 1971 1: 47 1972 1: 74 1973 1:155 January to March 1974 1:830
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the ratio of the number of unemployed persons to the number of vacancies in Scotland for each year between 1964 to the first quarter of 1974.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the information for March each year. The vacancy figures used in the calculation relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and do not measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
Ratio of unemployed to Unfilled vacancies in Scotland March 1964 6.5:1 March 1965 4.0:1 March 1966 2.6:1 March 1967 5.3:1 March 1968 5.1:1 March 1969 4.4:1 March 1970 5.1:1 March 1971 11.2:1 March 1972 18.5:1 March 1973 6.2:1 March 1974 4.3:1
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the ratio of the unemployment rate in Scotland to that of the rest of the United Kingdom, the Midlands and the South-East of England, 545W respectively, for each year between 1964 and the first quarter of 1974.
RATIO OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR SCOTLAND TO THE RATES FOR OTHER AREAS United Kingdom except Scotland West Midlands East Midlands South-East March 1964 … … 2.4:1 4.0:1 Not available* Not available* March 1965 … … 2.3:1 4.6:1 3.6:1 3.6:1 March 1966 … … 2.1:1 4.5:1 3.0:1 3.0:1 March 1967 … … 1.7:1 2.2:1 2.4:1 2.2:1 March 1968 … … 1.6:1 1.9:1 2.1:1 2.3:1 March 1969 … … 1.5:1 2.1:1 1.8:1 2.2:1 March 1970 … … 1.6:1 2.2:1 1.8:1 2.3:1 March 1971 … … 1.8:1 2.2:1 2.0:1 2.8:1 March 1972 … … 1.8:1 1.8:1 2.1:1 2.8:1 March 1973 … … 1.8:1 2.1:1 2.3:1 3.1:1 March 1974 … … 1.7:1 2.0:1 2.0:1 2.6:1 * The East Midland and South-East Standard Regions of England were not formed until 1965.