§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the activity rates for males, females, and total employees in Scotland and in Great Britain, respectively, in 1965 and 1966; 171W and what estimate he has made of such rates for 1967 and 1968.
§ Mr. FernyhoughI have been asked to reply. The estimated numbers of employees, expressed as percentages of the estimated home population aged 15 and over, are:
Great Britain Males Females Total 1965 76.8 39.9 57.5 1966 76.2 40.5 57.6
Scotland Males Females Total 1965 76.2 39.6 56.8 1966 76.0 40.3 57.0 Owing to demographic changes in the age-structure of the population, the overall activity rate for males aged 15 and over is likely to decline slowly, as in Great Britain. The current higher level of unemployment will also tend to lower activity rates. At this stage, I am not prepared to give estimates for 1967 and 1968.
§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will detail the percentage compound growth rate per annum of production, employment and output per head between 1st January, 1965 and the latest available date for all production industries in Scotland and for each of the categories of industry analysed in Table A on page 8 of Command Paper No. 2864, The Scottish Economy, 1965–70.
§ Mr. RossEstimates of employees in employment in Scotland, broken down into sectors, are available only once a year. Accordingly changes in these and crude calculations of output per head can be made only on an annual basis. The index of production for the calender year 1966 is not yet available, and the figures below give the percentage changes between 1964 and 1965.
Production* per cent. Employment† per cent. Output per head‡ per cent. All index of Production industries 4.0 2.3 1.7 Manufacturing industries 4.6 3.0 1.6 Construction 1.3 2.5 -1.1 Gas, electricity and water 8.6 1.5 7.0 Mining and quarrying -3.3 -5.1 1.9 NOTES:
* This column gives the percentage change in production for the calendar year 1965 as compared with the calendar year 1964.
172W† This column gives the percentage change in the estimates of employees in employment at mid-1965 as compared with mid-1964.
‡ Calculated by relating the index of production in 1965 (1964=100) to the index of employment at mid-1965 (mid-1964=100).
§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what progress has been made to date towards the achievements of the target of 50,000 additional jobs in manufacturing industry, 20,000 additional jobs in the construction industry, and 60,000 additional jobs in the service industries in Scotland by 1970 as set out in Command Paper No. 2864;
(2) what progress has been made to date towards the achievement of the target for 50,000 to 60,000 new additional jobs in Scotland by 1970, as set out in Command Paper No. 2864.
§ Mr. RossBetween mid-1964 and mid-1966 (the latest date for which detailed statistics are available) the gains in employment in expanding sectors are estimated to have been 53,000, 10,000 and 38,000, respectively, in manufacturing industry, the construction industry and the service industries. After taking account of losses in these sectors and in primary industry in the same period, the total net increase in the number of workers in employment was 21,000. This compares with the 50–60,000 net increase in employment between 1964 and 1970 mentioned in Command 2864.