§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the latest information he possesses on unemployment in Dundee and Tayside by social class.
§ Mr. LangInformation by social class is not available, but an analysis by socio-economic group of the usually resident population of Dundee city and Tayside who were economically active but not in employment is given in table 46 of "Census 1981 Scotland: Report for Tayside Region, Volume 2", which is available in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current unemployment rate in the Aberdeen travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. LangOn 11 December 1986, the latest date for which information is available, the unemployment rate in the Aberdeen travel-to-work area was 8.9 per cent.
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the net change in the number of people unemployed to date in Greenock and Port Glasgow by district council ward since the present system of unemployment counting came into operation.
§ Mr. LangThe change in the number of unemployed claimants in each electoral ward of the Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency between 6 March 1986 (the date the current method of compiling the260W unemployment statistics came into operation) and 11 December 1986 (the latest date for which information is available) was as shown in the table.
Greenock and Port Glasgow Parliamentary Constituency Ward Name Change Percentage Change Bellville -46 -8.14 Blairmore -60 -12.12 Bow -46 -7.38 Broomhill -18 -5.17 Clune Brae 2 0.31 Gateside 5 1.50 Gibshill -92 -10.09 Greenock East Central -10 -1.42 Greenock South -10 -1.83 Greenock West Central 8 2.38 Greenock West End 52 26.67 Larkfield -2 -0.35 Port Glasgow East -13 -1.56 Port Glasgow South -13 -2.01 Port Glasgow West 29 7.69 Upper Larkfield -66 -8.67 Totals -280 -3.15 This information is available in the Library.