§ Sir Hector Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the waiting lists at the Dumfries Royal infirmary for general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, gynaecology, ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology and dental surgery, respectively, in May 1982 and November 1982.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is as follows:
May 1982 November 1982 General surgery 854 1,359 Orthopaedic surgery 82 258 Gynaecology 550 1,002 Ear, nose and throat 122 178 Ophthalmology 13 76 Dental surgery 124 214
Average annual unemployment figures and percentage rates Male Female numbers unemployed percentage rate numbers unemployed percentage rate Table 1: 1979 Fraserburgh 292 7.0 167 4.4 Peterhead 379 52 293 7.0 Banff 308 6.6 149 5.3 Aberdeen 3,417 4.3 1,491 2.8 Total 4,396 4.6 2,100 3.3 Table 2: 1980 Fraserburgh 372 8.9 215 5.7 Peterhead 434 6.0 405 9.6 Banff 356 7.6 174 6.2 Aberdeen 3,892 4.9 1,759 3.3 Total 5,054 5.3 2,553 4.0 Table 3: 1981 Fraserburgh 557 13.3 340 9.0 Peterhead 599 8.3 144 9.8 Banff 475 10.1 186 6.6 Aberdeen 5,825 7.3 2,617 5.0 Total 7,456 7.8 3,554 5.6 Table 4: 1982* Fraserburgh 673 16.1 409 10.8 Peterhead 710 9.8 491 11.7 Banff 474 10.1 215 7.6 Aberdeen 6,202 7.8 3,175 6.0 Total 8,059 8.4 4,290 6.7 * As a result of the changeover in November 1982 to a claimant based count of the unemployed, the annual average for 1982 has been calculated on the ten months to October 1982.