HC Deb 25 January 1990 vol 165 cc831-2W
Sir David Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make funds available to local authorities for recycling and other environmental protection measures.

Mr. Rifkind

I support expenditure by local authorities through aggregate external finance, which assists the

Long-term unemployed1
Claimants
January 1980 Registrants January 1983 January 1989 October 1989 October 1989 as a percentage of all claimants
Scotland 46,915 119,874 106,190 86,192 40
Strathclyde 29,393 75,242 63,515 53,266 52
Greenock and Port Glasgow2 29,393 75,242 3,123 2,498 49

Source: Department of Employment.

1 Unemployed for more than 52 weeks.

2 Figures on the number unemployed analysed by Parliamentary Constituency are available only from June 1983.

Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of the unemployment statistics for Greenock and Port Glasgow by district electoral division, or on another convenient basis; and what were the comparable figures for 1988.

Mr. Lang

The table gives a breakdown of the number unemployed in each ward in Inverclyde district in December 1988 and 1989.

provision of the full range of local authority services. Within their environmental services recycling can become largely self-financing.