§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of people in Scotland who are unemployed but who do not register as unemployed.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThere is insufficient evidence available on which to base such an estimate for Scotland, although it is estimated that for the United Kingdom as a whole about 330,000 people are currently seeking work without having registered as unemployed.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the average annual rate of (a) male unemployment and (b) total unemployed in Scotland in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThis information is published in theEmployment Gazelle. I refer the hon. Member to table 2.3 of the January 1981 edition of (he Gazette, a copy of which is available in the Library.