§ Mr. David Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if' he will list in the Official Report the number of job losses in each classification for each employment exchange in the city of Glasgow for each of the last eight years.
§ Mr. LangI regret that the information requested could be made available only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the food processing industry;
(2) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the clothing and textile industry;
(3) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the computer construction industry;
(4) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the construction industry;
(5) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the distribution industry;
(6) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the engineering industry;
(7) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979.
§ Mr. Lang[pursuant to his reply, 5 May 1987, c. 395]: Information on job gains and job losses in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency is not available. Information is available from the regional data system for 308W those working in manufacturing plants with 11 or more employees in Cumbernauld new town. No reliable information is available from this source for plants with fewer than 11 employees. Figures by industry grouping from the RDS are given in the table.
It is not possible to provide figures of gross job gains and losses as to do so would disclose information relating to individual businesses. For the same reason, it is not possible to distinguish computer construction within the engineering industry or food processing from textiles and clothing.
As regards overall employment, the available information relates to Cumbernauld new town in the period 1979–87, and I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 13 May 1987.
Engineering (including computers) Food Processing/ Clothing and Textiles 1979–80 -240 -120 1980–81 -610 +10 1981–82 -530 -370 1982–83 +100 -110 1983–84 -200 -20 1984–85 +190 -20 1985–86 1 +100 1 Figure omitted to avoid disclosure of information relating to individual businesses.