§ Mr. Crawfordasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many unemployed persons there were in Scotland, at the latest available date, whose last job was in the coal industry and the steel industry, respectively; and how this compares with the corresponding figure since 1965;
(2) how many employees were in employment in Scotland, at the latest
SCOTLAND Numbers unemployed Coat mining Mining and quarrying Iron and steel (general) and steel tubes Metal manufacture June 1965 … … 1,054 1,157 553 1,185 June 1966 … … 827 929 682 1,164 June 1967 … … 1,210 1,373 1,153 2,002 June 1968 … … 2,294 2,452 1,102 1,755 June 1969 … … 2,290 2,435 903 1,452 June 1970 … … 2,329 2,497 1,071 1,685 June 1971 … … 2,074 2,320 1,912 2,896 June 1972 … … 2,108 2,401 1,846 2,938 June 1973 … … 2,439 2,612 1,178 1,893 June 1974 … … 2,318 2,530 994 1,641 June 1975 … … 1,856 2,091 1,430 2,253 September 1975 … … 2,246 2,575 1,722 2,714 Estimated numbers of employees in employment June 1965 … … 59,200 63,800 33,400 52,700 June 1966— (a) … … 53,500 58,100 33,000 51,600 (b) … … 53,500 58,000 31,900 51,600 June 1967 … … 50,000 54,800 32,500 49,500 June 1968 … … 42,800 47,100 29,000 45,800 June 1969— (a) … … 38,800 43,100 30,500 46,300 (b) … … 38,700 42,900 30,500 47,000 June 1970 … … 36,100 40,400 29,800 46,600 June 1971— (a) … … 36,200 40,200 28,500 45,800 (b) … … 35,600 38,900 30,500 45,900 June 1972 … … 33,200 36,900 27,900 42,800 June 1973 … … 31,200 34,800 28,400 44,000 June 1974 … … 29,000 33,900 27,900 43,400 June 1975* … … — 34,100 — 43,500 * Provisional. The estimates for June 1964(b) and later dates are based on a revised method of calculation.
Between June 1966 and June 1967 the industrial classification of many establishments were corrected. The estimates for June 1966 are shown (a) excluding and (b) including the effects of rectifications.
The estimates for June 1969(a) and earlier dates are based on the 1958 Edition of the Standard Industrial Classification and those for 1969(b) and subsequent dates on the 1968 Edition.
The estimates for June 1971(a) and earlier dates are based on counts of National Insurance Cards. The figures from June 1971(b) are from the Annual Censuses of Employment and the New Quarterly Series.