§ Mr. Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs for school leavers that have been lost due to the contraction of the steel industry in Scotland over the last five years.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that the statistics maintained by my Department do not identify the number of job opportunities for school leavers in the steel industry in Scotland. However the following table shows the number of young people under 18 years of age in the five years up to 1974—the latest date for which figures are available—whose first employment in Scotland on leaving full-time education was in iron and steel or steel tubes—minimum list headings 311 and 312 of the Standard Industrial Classification. Subsequent transfers between industries of young people are not recorded.
Full Provisions Transitional Provisions Regional Council March April March April Borders … … — 28 13 — Strathclyde … … 690 6,036 523 100 Dumfries and Galloway … … 29 — — — Lothian … … 384 528 28 125 The Highlands … … 199 471 — — Central … … 263 296 — — Shetlands … … — — — — Grampian … … 199 365 27 — Tayside … … 174 474 187 — Orkney … … — — 669 — Western Isles (including Inner and Outer Hebrides) … … — — 23 — Fife … … 46 72 — —