§ Mr. Buchanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the latest percentage rates of total unemployment, male unemployment and female unemployment, for each employment exchange area in Scotland and for each planning region in Scotland.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows provisional rates of unemployment for 12th July. Rates cannot 127W be calculated separately for some Employment Exchange Areas. In these cases, the rates are for travel-to-work areas comprising two or more Employment Exchange areas.
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PROVISIONAL RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AT 12TH JULY, 1971 Employment Exchange or travel-to-work area Males per cent. Females per cent. Total per cent. Aberdeen* 5.4 1.2 3.7 Anstruther 8.3 3.9 6.8 Arbroath* 12.8 9.3 11.4 Ayr* 6.7 2.2 5.0 Banchory 3.6 1.6 3.0 Banff 16.5 3.3 1.20 Bathgate* 19.3 4.3 14.7 Blairgowrie 6.0 1.2 4.2 Brechin 7.0 1.5 4.7 Buckie 12.9 3.2 9.4 Campbeltown 15.5 9.4 13.2 Castle Douglas 5.1 4.1 4.8 Cumbernauld 9.7 7.1 8.8 Cumnock 5.8 5.6 5.8 Cupar 3.8 1.3 2.9 Dingwall* 12.9 3.4 9.8 Dumbarton* 10.8 3.6 7.9 Dumfries* 7.5 3.3 6.0 Dundee 10.2 4.6 7.8 Dunfermline* 7.0 4.8 6.2 Dunoon 6.6 1.9 4.4 Edinburgh* 7.2 1.4 4.8 Elgin* 5.7 3.4 4.9 Eyemouth 6.9 4.4 6.0 Falkirk* 12.5 4.4 9.8 Forfar 4.0 1.1 2.9 Forres* 6.4 4.8 5.9 Fort William 5.9 2.3 4.7 Fraserburgh 6.7 3.9 5.7 Galashiels 3.5 1.5 2.6 Girvan 9.7 3.2 7.6 Glasgow* 10.3 2.4 7.1 Greenock* 9.0 8.2 8.7 Haddington 6.0 1.7 4.4 Hawick 3.6 1.0 2.4 Huntley 5.9 4.1 5.4 Inverness 7.6 1.4 5.2 Irvine* 9.8 5.5 8.3 Jedburgh* 4.8 1.8 3.7 Keith 6.4 3.4 5.5 Kilbirnie 5.3 5.3 5.3 Kilmarnock* 7.0 3.5 5.6 Kilsyth 22.6 6.9 15.9 Kirkcaldy* 9.1 3.7 7.0 Kirkwall 4.6 2.1 3.7 Lanark 7.9 4.2 6.3 Largs 12.0 0.8 6.5 Lerwick 7.7 2.0 5.7 Lesmahagow 21.4 7.9 16.2 Lochgilphead 7.3 3.0 5.8 Montrose 5.3 3.1 4.5 Nairn 5.8 2.0 4.3 Newton Stewart 9.7 7.5 9.0 North Lanarkshire* 9.7 6.4 8.5 Oban 9.8 1.7 6.5 Paisley* 6.9 3.5 5.7 Peebles 6.0 0.7 3.7 Perth* 4.7 1.1 3.2 Peterhead 8.0 5.9 7.2 Pitlochry 3.3 0.7 2.4 Portree 12.2 0.3 7.4
Employment Exchange or travel-to-work area Males per cent. Females per cent. Total per cent. Rothesay 9.6 1.0 5.4 St. Andrews 3.8 1.0 2.6 Sanquhar 19.7 10.6 15.9 Shotts 10.9 7.0 9.3 Stirling* 6.2 2.7 4.8 Stornoway 25.7 5.9 19.4 Stranraer 9.8 4.9 8.0 Thurso 5.5 5.6 5.6 Turriff 7.5 5.3 6.8 Wick 13.0 5.4 10.2 Planning regions of Scotland Glasgow 9.6 3.6 7.3 Falkirk/Stirling 5.9 3.4 5.0 Edinburgh 8.6 2.4 6.2 Tayside 8.0 3.5 6.2 Borders 4.7 1.5 3.4 South West 8.2 4.1 6.7 North East 6.2 2.1 4.6 Highlands 9.9 3.0 7.4 * Travel-to-work area
§ Mr. Buchanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest ratio in each of the Scottish employment exchange areas of vacancies to men unemployed and women unemployed.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThere is no obligation on employers to notify their vacancies to my Department and the following table shows only those vacancies which were notified and which remained unfilled. Consequently the statistics in no way purport to measure accurately the total unsatisfied demand for labour in each area.
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NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED PER HUNDRED MEN AND WOMEN REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN SCOTLAND Men, aged 18 and over Women, aged 18 and over Aberdeen 4.3 27.1 Airdrie 1.0 5.9 Alexandria 2.0 11.3 Alloa 7.8 12.6 Annan 1.3 4.1 Anstruther 7.2 22.6 Arbroath 1.9 2.2 Ayr 2.2 17.0 Banchory 3.1 169.2 Banff 1.7 11.1 Barrhead 1.0 17.8 Bathgate 0.5 2.4 Bellshill 2.4 4.1 Blairgowrie 3.4 9.5 Blantyre 0.8 2.7 Boness 1.9 2.4 Brechin 0.7 27.8 Bridgeton 1.5 95.1 Broxburn 1.4 10.0 Buckie 4.1 27.8 Burntisland — 17.2 130W
Men, aged 18 and over Women, aged 18 and over Cambuslang 0.5 1.4 Campbeltown 5.1 1.8 Carluke 1.7 — Carnoustie — — Castle Douglas 1.8 3.9 Clydebank 0.2 3.8 Coatbridge 1.4 0.4 Cowdenbeath 2.0 6.2 Crieff 20.7 54.5 Cumbernauld 5.9 6.1 Cumnock 24.9 28.2 Cupar 3.2 — Dalkeith 3.5 — Dalry — — Denny 4.4 9.0 Dingwall 1.9 15.0 Dumbarton 2.8 11.9 Dumfries 4.7 15.4 Dundee 1.2 14.5 Dunfermline 5.1 4.4 Dunoon 4.8 33.3 East Kilbride 5.4 20.0 Edinburgh 8.2 82.4 Elgin 2.1 11.1 Eyemouth 5.1 17.2 Falkirk 2.3 0.7 Forfar 5.5 27.3 Forres 4.6 7.9 Fort William 3.6 14.0 Fraserburgh 1.4 113.4 Galashiels 5.9 31.4 Girvan 3.8 — Glasgow Professional and Executive Employment Office 109.8 377.3 Glasgow South Side 0.8 11.4 Glenrothes 1.8 3.1 Govan 0.6 0.8 Grangemouth 2.1 3.4 Grantown-on-Spey 13.8 133.3 Greenock 8.5 4.8 Haddington 6.4 72.4 Hamilton 1.4 3.2 Hawick 14.3 71.4 Helensburgh 6.4 160.0 Hillington 3.6 33.3 Huntley 1.8 5.4 Invergordon 2.4 31.0 Inverkeithing 8.1 22.2 Inverness 8.4 91.3 Inverurie — 6.7 Irvine 2.4 14.6 Jedburgh — 6.3 Johnstone 1.1 3.0 Keith 0.9 4.8 Kelso 4.1 8.3 Kilburnie 8.5 5.3 Kilmarnock 1.5 8.4 Kilsyth 0.3 4.7 Kilwinning 3.7 — Kinning Park 1.4 2.4 Kirkcaldy 2.3 10.6 Kirkintilloch 4.5 19.2 Kirkwall 9.0 — Lanark 2.7 17.2 Largs 10.4 170.0 Larkhall 0.9 11.6 Leith 1.1 14.5 Lerwick 7.1 66.7
Men, aged 18 and over Women, aged 18 and over Lesmahagow — — Leven and Methil 0.2 3.6 Linlithgow 2.3 — Livingston 3.0 40.0 Loanhead 1.9 6.5 Lochgilphead 27.7 85.7 Lockerbie 16.3 30.0 Lossiemouth 2.0 36.8 Maryhill 0.9 5.4 Montrose 4.8 17.7 Motherwell 2.5 3.2 Musselburgh 2.5 21.0 Nairn 6.8 73.3 Newmilns 2.6 7.3 Newtown Stewart 1.1 5.7 Oban 3.4 111.9 Paisley 2.8 5.8 Parkhead 0.2 4.3 Partick 2.1 14.4 Peebles 15.0 330.0 Perth 8.5 96.3 Peterhead 0.9 — Pitlochry 20.4 233.3 Port Glasgow 9.8 1.4 Portobello 0.1 26.7 Portree 0.9 250.0 Renfrew 11.8 16.9 Rothsay 5.8 115.4 Rutherglen 1.5 1.5 St. Andrews 7.6 27.3 Saltcoats 0.7 1.8 Sanquhar 1.2 5.3 Shotts 2.1 2.2 Springburn 0.1 4.0 Stirling 2.9 36.6 Stonehaven — — Stornoway 0.7 10.7 Stranraer — 7.1 Thurso 5.8 12.9 Tranent — — Troon 1.9 11.8 Turriff 1.7 5.9 Uddingston 0.8 2.6 West Calder 2.8 — Wick 2.2 5.5 Wishaw 1.1 2.2