§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show in each employment exchange area of Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire, the number of construction workers currently unemployed.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information for June 1976, the most recent date for which an industrial analysis is available.
CHANGES IN THE ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN SCOTLAND Thousands Agriculture, forestry, fishing -29 Mining and quarrying -25 Food, drink and tobacco -5 Coal and petroleum products — Chemicals and allied industries -3 Metal manufacture -9 Mechanical engineering -22 Instrument engineering +4 Electrical engineering + 11 Shipbuilding and marine engineering -8 Vehicles -6 Metal goods not elsewhere specified -1 Textiles -34 Leather, leather goods and fur — Clothing and footwear +4 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. -5 Timber, furniture, etc. -4 Paper, printing and publishing -10 Other manufacturing industries — Construction -7 Gas, electricity and water -8 Transport and communication -25 Distributive trades -42 Insurance, banking, finance and business services +27 Professional and scientific services +85 Miscellaneous services +31 Public administration and defence +41 Total, all industries and services -40