§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Minister of Labour what percentage of employees in each of the Highlands and Islands counties was employed in manufacturing and in service industries, respectively, at the latest date for which the figures are available; and if he will give the figures in the Lewis and Harris area.
§ Mr. FernyhoughFollowing is the information:
ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (ORDERS III-XVI OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION) AND IN SERVICE INDUSTRIES (ORDERS XIX-XXIV) EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGES OF EMPLOYEES IN ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS COUNTIES AND IN THE LEWIS AND HARRIS AREA AT MID-1965: Manufacturing industries per cent. Service industries per cent. Argyllshire 7 59 Caithness and Sutherland 7 67 Inverness-shire 11 59 Orkney 7 62 Ross and Cromarty 17 50 Lewis and Harris 23 51 Zetland 17 61