§ Mr. David Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest available numbers of unemployed male and female adults and young persons; what percentages these figures represent, in each travel-to-work area in Glasgow, and in Glasgow as a whole; and what were the numbers and percentages in May 1979.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation is not available in the precise form requested. The Glasgow travel-to-work area includes the 13 employment office areas within the city of Glasgow together with the Barrhead, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, East Kilbride, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch employment office areas. The following table gives an analysis by age of the numbers registered as unemployed within the travel-to-work area in January 1982 and in April 1979—the nearest date to May 1979 for which this information is available.
Glasgow travel-to-work area January 1982 April 1979 Total unemployed Percentage share Total unemployed Percentage share Males 18 and over 65,906 67.5 34,018 67.0 Females 18 and over 23,433 24.0 12,300 24.2 Young People (under 18) 8,290 8.5 4,475 8.8