§ Mr. James Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many male workers between 50 and 60 years of age are currently unemployed in Scotland; what percentage of the male insured population they represent; and what are the figures for North Lanarkshire.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 12th July, the latest date for which a detailed age analysis is available, there were 13,539 registered wholly unemployed men aged 50 to 59 years in Scotland. They formed 1.0 per cent. of the estimated number of all male employees, employed and unemployed, in Scotland. The corresponding figures for North Lanarkshire were 1,160 and 1.1 per cent.