§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young people in Dundee have never been in employment since leaving school.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:On 9 September 1982, 1,254 young people under the age of 18 who had not been in employment since leaving full-time education were registered as unemployed in Dundee.
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§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of unemployment in Dundee showing percentage unemployed by Standard Industrial Classification Order.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:The unemployment register was last analysed by Standard Industrial Classification order in May 1982. The following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed in each industry group expressed as a percentage of the total numbers registered as unemployed in Dundee.
Unemployment in Dundee May 1982 Standard Industrial Classification Percentage of total unemployed Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 1.4 Mining and Quarrying 01.6 Food, Drink and Tobacco 31.8 Coal and Petroleum 01.1 Chemicals and Allied Industries 01.2 Metal Manufacture 01.8 Mechanical Engineering 11.0 Instrument Engineering 41.0 Electrical Engineering 11.8 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 21.3 Vehicles 01.2 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 01.6 Textiles 101.7 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 01.0 Clothing and Footwear 01.8 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 01.2 Timber, Furniture, etc. 01.9 Paper, Printing and Publishing 11.4 Other Manufacturing Industries 01.8 Construction 101.2 Gas, Electricity and Water 01.4 Transport and Communication 31.4 Distributive Trades 101.1 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 11.2 Professional and Scientific Services 41.8 Miscellaneous Services 101.1 Public Administration and Defence 51.5 Not Classified by Industry 22.7 TOTAL 1001.0
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number out of work by Standard Industrial Classification Order in Dundee and the corresponding figures for job vacancies.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave him on 14 June 1982.—[Vol. 25, c.216–17.] The analysis of the unemployment register by Standard Industrial Classification was last undertaken in May 1982 and has now been discontinued as a result of the introduction of voluntary registration. The analysis of unfilled vacancies by Standard Industrial Classification is continuing on a quarterly basis. The information for August 1982 is set out in the following table.
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Standard Industrial Classification Unfilled vacancies at Dundee Employment Office Agriculture, Forestry, Fisting - Mining and Quarrying - Food, Drink and Tobacco 17 Coal and Petroleum Products - Chemicals and Allied Industries 1 Metal Manufacture 1
Standard Industrial Classification Unfilled vacancies at Dundee Employment Office Mechanical Engineering 2 Instrument Engineering 6 Electrical Engineering 1 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 3 Vehicles — Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 3 Textiles 1 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur — Clothing and Footwear — Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. 1 Timber, Furniture etc. 1 Paper, Printing and Publishing 1 Other Manufacturing Industries 4 Construction 20 Gas, Electricity and Water 3 Transport and Communication 7 Distributive Trades 92 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 9 Professional and Scientific Services 25 Miscellaneous Services 101 Public Administration and Defence 61 Total 366 Note:The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to the employment office in Dundee and remaining unfilled on the day of the count. They do not purport to be a measure of all vacancies in Dundee. There were three unfilled vacancies at the careers office in Dundee, two in the food, drink and tobacco industry and one in the paper, printing and publishing industry.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the percentage increase in(a)the total number and(b)the number of males unemployed in Dundee since May 1979.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:Between May 1979 and September 1982 total unemployment in Dundee rose by 102 per cent. and male unemployment by 112 per cent.—base figures not seasonally adjusted.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many males are currently unemployed in Dundee; and how many and what percentage of them have been unemployed for one year or over.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:Information is not available in the precise form requested. On 9 September 1982, 10,882 males were registered as unemployed in Dundee. The unemployment register is analysed by duration of unemployment quarterly in January, April, July and October of each year. In July 1982, the latest date for which the information is available, 10,377 males were registered as unemployed in Dundee of whom 4,421—42.6 per cent.—had been on the register for more than one year.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons in Dundee are unemployed; what are the total and male unemployment rates by percentage; and what were the corresponding figures for May 1979.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:The information is set out in the following table:
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Unemployment in Dundee September 1982 May 1979 Numbers registered as unemployed 16,378 8,109 Unemployment rate (total) 16.8 per cent. 8.4 per cent. Unemployment rate (male) 19.9 per cent. 9.3 per cent. Note: The figures are not seasonally adjusted.