§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many males, females and young people under 18 years have been unemployed for more than one year in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area at the latest available date; and how this figure compares with the figure for each of the previous three years.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe following table shows the numbers of males, females, and young people under 18 years of age registered as unemployed for over 52468W weeks at jobcentres and careers offices in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area—the old basis of the count—on 14 October 1982, the latest date for which the information is available, and in October in each of the previous three years.
Unemployed for more than 52 weeks (1) (2) (3) Males Females Young people under 18 included in (1) and (2) October 1982 8,894 2,693 135 October 1981 6,133 1,479 74 October 1980 3,566 808 21 October 1979 3,398 971 9 Note: The Edinburgh travel-to-work area comprises the employment office areas of Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello, Dalkeith, Loanhead, Musselburgh and Penicuik.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in January 1983, expressed (a) numerically and (b) as a percentage; and what are the corresponding figures for males and females, respectively.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe following table provides the information requested on the numbers of unemployed claimants in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area on 13 January 1983:
Male Female Total Number of people unemployed 23,520 9,831 33,351 Unemployment percentage rate 14.6 7.8 11.6 Note: The Edinburgh travel-to-work area comprises the employment office areas of Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello, Dalkeith, Loanhead, Musselburgh and Penicuik.