§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the unemployment figures, male and female, for the South-West Scotland planning region for the last 12 months; and what was the number of redundancies notified to his Department in that region in the same period in respect of male and female employees.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe total number of persons registered as unemployed in the South-West planning region of Scotland in each month during the past year was:
Month Males Females Total 1970— February … 2,613 777 3,390 March … 2,409 803 3,212 April … 2,189 662 2,851 May … 2,060 594 2,654 June … 1,964 537 2,501 July … 2,070 660 2,730 August … 2,060 634 2,694 September … 1,956 596 2,552 October … 1,981 617 2,598 November … 2,136 691 2,827 December … 2,141 749 2,890 1971— January … 2,306 809 3,115 Comprehensive figures of redundancies are not available as not all are notified to my Department. However, records show that redundancies affecting 143 workpeople (108 males and 35 females) were notified to my Department during the same period.