§ Mr. GrieveTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many job losses there were in Scotland, broken down by the lowest regional level for which data are available, for each of the last five years. [145647]
§ Mrs. LiddellFigures on job losses are not held centrally. However figures on employment for Scotland by unitary authority (the lowest regional level for which data are available) are produced by the ONS as part of the Labour Force Survey.
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Total employment Scottish unitary authorities, 1996–2000 Thousand Area Name 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Scotland 2,260 2,284 2,309 2,297 2,331 Aberdeen City 115 109 111 123 110 Aberdeenshire 110 115 107 115 119 Angus 57 59 49 52 56 Argyll and Bute 42 40 44 38 37 Clackmannanshire 15 16 23 19 18 Dumfries and Galloway 68 63 63 67 65 Dundee City 60 65 65 61 57 East Ayrshire 54 43 46 43 48 East Dunbartonshire 51 53 53 55 54 East Lothian 39 41 44 48 42 East Renfrewshire 43 44 43 43 41 Edinburgh, City of 207 206 215 223 222 Eilean Siar 15 16 11 11 1— Falkirk 67 62 70 66 73 Fife 150 156 162 155 160 Glasgow City 208 215 220 207 225 Highland 92 101 98 93 98 Inverclyde 39 39 34 40 37 Midlothian 38 39 43 37 42 Moray 45 39 40 45 42 North Ayrshire 58 56 59 53 63 North Lanarkshire 128 131 139 141 133 Orkney Islands 1— 12 10 13 15 Perthshire and Kinross 64 67 62 57 64 Renfrewshire 77 90 81 85 89 Scottish Borders 48 51 49 50 54 Shetland Islands 10 11 12 12 1— South Ayrshire 46 52 60 48 47
Total employment—Scottish unitary authorities, 1996–2000 Thousand Area Name 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 South Lanarkshire 147 136 141 150 142 Stirling 42 33 34 36 32 West Dunbartonshire 36 42 42 35 44 West Lothian 81 83 80 76 82 1Spring of each year, refers to UAs with less than 10,000 employed in a particular year, where the survey is not reliable. Source:
Office for National Statistics, Labour Force Survey