§ Mr. Gregor Mackenzieasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the 37W number of persons employed and unemployed, respectively, as recorded at each of the employment exchanges in Lanarkshire at the latest available date and at June, 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithEmployment estimates for local areas are made for each mid-year and the latest are for June, 1969. Following is the information available for Lanarkshire excluding Employment Exchanges areas in the City of Glasgow:
ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT AND TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED Employees in employment Registered unemployed at June, 1969 June, 1970 March, 1971 (000's) Airdrie 20.7 1,086 1,600 Bellshill 10.5 499 826 Carluke 3.8 107 197 Coatbridge 21.8 1,371 1,947 East Kilbride 23.8 479 728 Hamilton 26.1 1,246 1,654 Blantyre 440 621 Larkhall 5.3 386 639 Motherwell 30.1 753 1,189 Uddingston 9.7 357 592 Wishaw 11.8 932 1,383 Lanark 7.5 337 447 Lesmahgow 2.4 252 399 Shotts 5.6 393 518 Rutherglen 11.7 775 1,196 Cambuslang 7.4 266 420