§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many companies in Dundee have ceased operation since May 1979; and if he will name them and the number of jobs lost and the number of other jobs since the same date, listing the number of establishments involved.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherComprehensive information on redundancies and closures is not available. Between 1 May 1979 and 28 January 1981, 20 instances of redundancy involving 10 or more people and resulting in factory closure have been notified to the Manpower Services Commission as having taken place in Dundee, with the loss of 791 jobs. In the same period another 51 firms have notified redundancies affecting 3945 workers. Information on closures and redundancies is given to the Manpower Services Commission in confidence and the names of companies cannot therefore be divulged.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number and percentage of those unemployed in Dundee in both May 1979 and at present; if he will classify those unemployed by percentage in the following groups: (a) unemployed for 131W up to one year, (b) unemployed for between one and two years and (c) unemployed for over two years and below three years; and if he will provide a similar breakdown for the May 1979 unemployment figures in Dundee.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation is not available in the precise form requested. In May 1979 unemployment in Dundee was 8,109–8.4 per cent.—and in January 1981 13,959–14.3 per cent. These figures are not seasonally adjusted. The following table gives information on the duration of unemployment of those registered as unemployed in October 1980—the latest date for which information is available—and for April 1979—the nearest date to May 1979 for which information is available.
Unemployment in Dundee analysed by duration October 1980 April 1979 Total No. Percen-tage Share Total No. Percen tage Share Up to 1 year 9,502 75.9 6,017 72.3 1–2 years 1,512 12.1 1,226 14.7 Over 2 and under 3years 607 4.9 497 6.0 3 years and over 893 7.1 587 7.0 Total 12,514 100.0 8,327 100.0
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing how many people in Dundee are unemployed by age group giving the corresponding percentages; if he will provide a similar breakdown for both males and females; and if he will provide a table giving the figures in each standard industrial classification order.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number of registered vacancies in Dundee by standard industrial classification order.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe following table gives the number of notified vacancies remaining unfilled in Dundee at 13 November 1980, the latest for which an industrial analysis of unfilled vacancies is available. These figures do not purport to be a measure of all vacancies in Dundee. Because of possible duplication between the vacancies notified to the employment office and the careers office the two figures should not be added together.
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Unfilled Vacancies: Dundee Standard Industrial Classification Employment Office Careers Office Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing — — Mining and Quarrying — — Food, Drink and Tobacco 7 — Coal and Petroleum Products — — Chemicals and Allied Industries 16 — Metal Manufacture — — Mechanical Engineering 2 — Instrument Engineering — — Electrical Engineering 5 — Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 32 — Vehicles 4 — Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 1 — Textiles 1 —
Standard Industrial Classification Employment Office Careers Office Leather, Leather Goods and Fur — — Clothing and Footwear 32 — Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. — — Timber, Furniture, etc. 5 — Paper, Printing and Publishing 1 — Other Manufacturing Industries 1 — Construction 12 — Gas, Electricity and Water 2 — Transport and Communication 70 — Distributive Trades 106 2 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 7 — Professional and Scientific Services 60 — Miscellaneous Services 41 — Public Administration and Defence 37 4 Total 442 6