§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total number of people unemployed in each of the travel-to-work areas in September 1988 and September 1984.
§ Mr. LangThe total number of unemployed claimants in each of the travel-to-work areas in Scotland in September 1988 and September 1984 was as shown in the table.
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Unemployed claimants Travel-to-work area September 1988 September 1984 Aberdeen 10,073 9,518 Alloa 2,767 3,468 Annan 849 1,241 Arbroath 1,455 1,625 Ayr 4,899 6,787 Badenoch 394 517 Banff 838 733 Bathgate 6,639 10,210 Berwickshire 507 629 Blairgowrie and Pitlochry 994 1,272 Brechin and Montrose 1,312 1,449 Buckie 459 527 Campbeltown 586 723 Crieff 345 386 Cumnock and Sanquhar 3,735 4,022 Dumbarton 4,799 6,150 Dumfries 2,037 2,547 Dundee 13,017 16,919 Dunfermline 6,510 7,476 Dunoon and Bute 1,184 1,309 Edinburgh 28,850 34,356 Elgin 1,551 1,655 Falkirk 7,443 10,959 Forfar 929 1,018 Forres 599 574 Fraserburgh 597 770 Galashiels 851 1,088 Girvan 640 804 Glasgow 94,724 114,805 Greenock 8,607 9,140 Haddington 1,149 1,065 Hawick 508 798 Huntly 288 313
Travel-to-work area September 1988 September 1984 Invergordon and Dingwall 2,154 3,057 Inverness 3,972 3,908 Irvine 8,600 12,013 Islay-Mid Argyll 515 532 Keith 475 576 Kelso and Jedburgh 327 422 Kilmarnock 5,461 6,002 Kirkcaldy 9,488 10,276 Lanarkshire 24,806 33,936 Lochaber 966 1,263 Lockerbie 374 501 Newton Stewart 532 658 North East Fife 1,544 1,761 Oban 660 746 Orkney Islands 729 707 Peebles 414 517 Perth 2,677 3,022 Peterhead 1,271 1,628 Shetland Islands 626 638 Skye and Wester Ross 776 846 Stewartry 792 957 Stirling 3,557 4,900 Stranraer 1,135 1,271 Sutherland 602 822 Thurso 682 718 Western Isles 2,105 1,884 Wick 681 779 Note: Due to changes in the compilation of the statistics during the period these figures are not directly comparable.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total number of employees in employment by travel-to-work areas in September 1988.
§ Mr. LangThe latest available figures, from the 1984 census of employment, are given on pages 28 and 29 of "Scottish Economic Bulletin" number 36 (December 1987), which is available in the Library of the House.