Employment (Scotland)

HC Deb 02 December 1969 vol 792 cc252-5W

Mr. MacArthur

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will publish a table showing the number of people employed in each employment district in Scotland in December, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968.

Mr. Dell

Employment estimates for local areas are calculated only for June each year. Following is the information for each June from 1964 to 1968:

(Thousands)
	June,	June,	June,	June,	June,
	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968
Falkirk	29.6	27.7	30.4	30.2	29.9
Forfar	9.2	9.0	9.1	8.8	8.6
Forres, Nairn and Grantown-on-Spey	6.2	6.0	5.6	5.4	6.9
Fort William	5.9	6.6	6.3	5.8	5.2
Fraserburgh	8.4	8.2	8.1	7.9	7.7
Galashiels	13.4	13.8	13.7	13.3	14.0
Girvan	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.2	2.9
Glasgow Central, Glasgow Southside Bridgeton, Govan, Hillington, Kinning Park, Maryhill, Parkhead, Partick and Springburn	524.3	521.1	512.4	508.6	498.0
Glenrothes	8.9	8.6	11.8	11.0	13.7
Grangemouth	13.8	14.2	13.8	15.4	15.1
Greenock	32.5	32.0	31.1	32.8	30.8
Haddington	7.0	7.0	7.4	7.4	8.1
Hamilton and Blantyre	24.6	26.1	26.3	25.8	25.6
Hawick	11.6	11.8	12.0	12.0	11.0
Helensburgh	5.2	6.1	5.8	7.0	6.9
Huntly	3.5	3.2	3.3	2.9	2.9
Inverkeithing	1.5	1.9	2.0	2.3	2.
Inverness	22.3	21.7	21.6	21.7	24.
Inverurie	4.5	4.1	4.1	3.5	3.9
Irvine	8.8	10.4	11.7	11.5	11.5
Johnstone	20.3	19.0	20.8	18.1	17.9
Keith	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.1	3.1
Kelso and Jedburgh	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0
Kilbirnie	5.6	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.3
Kilmarnock and Stewarton	31.2	31.1	31.0	30.7	31.5
Kilsyth	3.8	3.5	3.0	2.8	2.8
Kilwinning	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.1
Kirkcaldy	25.7	25.9	27.5	27.6	26.7
Kirkintilloch	9.1	8.9	9.3	9.2	10.1
Kirkwall	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.4
Lanark	9.3	8.9	8.7	8.2	7.6
Largs	3.2	3.1	2.8	2.6	4.0
Larkhall	6.1	5.9	6.0	5.9	6.0
Lerwick	5.4	5.0	5.3	5.1	4.9
Lesmahagow	2.7	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.8
Leven and Methil	15.2	14.8	14.3	14.0	11.3
Linlithgow	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.7	4.0
Loanhead	12.8	12.5	12.1	11.6	12.4
Lochgilphead	2.7	2.8	2.6	2.4	2.4
Montrose	7.7	7.2	7.1	6.6	6.9
Motherwell	31.0	31.9	33.0	27.3	30.2
Musselburgh	13.0	14.0	13.7	13.7	14.4
Newmilns	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.3
Newton Stewart	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.3
North Berwick	2.5	2.4	2.0	2.0	2.0
Oban	8.1	7.9	8.8	7.1	7.1
Paisley	42.7	44.1	45.5	47.2	46.4
Peebles	4.7	4.7	4.9	4.5	4.3
Perth	27.9	27.6	27.5	28.0	26.6
Peterhead	8.5	8.2	8.4	7.8	8.2
Pitlochry	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.2
Port Glasgow	10.6	10.5	10.9	10.6	10.2
Portree	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.5	1.7
Renfrew	15.3	15.5	14.8	15.7	14.9
Rothesay	2.7	2.5	2.7	2.8	2.8
Rutherglen	15.0	14.0	13.3	13.1	11.9
St. Andrews	5.0	5.2	5.2	6.0	6.3
Sanquhar	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.0	1.8
Shotts	6.6	6.2	6.4	6.5	6.2
Stevenston	7.9	7.7	8.6	7.8	8.4
Stirling	25.8	25.1	25.0	24.4	24.2
Stonehaven	2.6	2.5	2.8	2.6	2.5
Stornoway	5.7	5.3	5.5	5.3	5.5
Stranraer	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9
Strathaven	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.1

(Thousands)
	June,	June,	June,	June,	June,
	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968
Tayport	…	…	…	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.7	0.6
Thurso	…	…	…	7.1	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.7
Tranent	…	…	…	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0
Troon	…	…	…	3.3	3.2	3.0	3.1	3.3
Turriff	…	…	…	2.3	2.3	1.9	2.0	2.2
Uddingston	…	…	…	8.1	7.9	9.6	9.1	9.0
West Calder and East Calder	…	…	…	2.7	2.4	2.4	2.2	2.4
Wick	…	…	…	6.9	7.0	6.8	7.0	6.6
Wishaw	…	…	…	12.8	13.5	14.3	13.8	12.6