§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of people employed in the manufacturing sector in Scotland at the latest date for which records are available.
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§ Mr. YoungerThe number of employees in employment in the manufacturing sector in Scotland in June 1985 is provisionally estimated to have been 432,000. This estimate is not seasonally adjusted.
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has as to how many women were unemployed though not entitled to claim benefit in Scotland in October 1985; and what percentage of the total number of unemployed women in Scotland this figure represents.
§ Mr. YoungerAccordingly to information available from the 1984 labour force survey, an estimated 70,000 women were without jobs and seeking work, but not claiming benefits, in Scotland in the Spring of 1984. This represents 54 per cent. of the total number of female job seekers identified by the survey. However, the same survey also showed that an estimated 44,000 women, who were included in the unemployment count, were either not seeking work, or had a paid job. This latter category included, for example, women who earned a small amount for low-pay, part-time jobs and women who became unemployed or started a job part way through the reference week.
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of people employed in the service sector in Scotland at the latest date for which records are available.
§ Mr. YoungerThe number of employees in employment in the service sector in Scotland in June 1985 is provisionally estimated to have been 1,272,000. This estimate is not seasonally adjusted.
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the percentage change in numbers employed in the service sector in Scotland in the first six months of 1985.
§ Mr. YoungerThe number of employees in employment in the service sector in Scotland is provisionally estimated to have risen by less than 0.1 per cent, on a seasonally adjusted basis between December 1984 and June 1985.
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many women in Scotland were in part-time employment in the service sector on 1 June 1979 and 1 June 1985, respectively.
§ Mr. YoungerThe number of women in part-time employment in the service sector is estimated to have been as follows:
Number June 1979 294,000 June 1985 374,000 The figures have not been adjusted for seasonal variation, and the 1985 figure is provisional.