§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the number of unemployed, male and female, and if he will give the percentage unemployment rate, in each employment exchange area recently accorded special development area status in Scotland; and if he will show how these figures compare with the Cumnock and Ayr employment exchange areas.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 8th February, 1971, the provisional number of persons registered as unemployed in the Cumnock Employment Exchange area was 692 (500 males and 192 females) and in the Ayr Employment Exchange area was 1,503 (1,141 males and 362 females). The percentage rates of unemployment were 5.7 for Cumnock and 4.2 for Ayr, including Troon.
The following table shows the numbers registered as unemployed at 8th February in the Employment Exchange areas of Scotland which on 18th February were listed as Special Development Areas. Some of the rates of unemployment for these areas have been calculated and the rest will be ready in a few days. A full list will be sent to the hon. Member as soon as they are all available.
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NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT 8TH FEBRUARY, 1971 (PROVISIONAL) Males Females Cumbernauld … … 387 163 Kilsyth … … … 262 49 Dumbarton … … 575 132 Alexandria … … 738 230 Helensburgh … … 210 38 Glasgow Professional and Executive Employment Office … … … 288 213 Glasgow (South Side) … 3,934 363 Barrhead … … … 936 80 Bridgeton … … … 2,823 335 Cambuslang … … 311 77 Clydebank … … 2,291 280 Govan … … … 2,022 347 Hillington … … … 221 38 Kinning Park … … 951 116 Kirkintilloch … … 410 112 Maryhill … … … 3,138 544 Parkhead … … … 5,216 989 Partick … … … 2,085 353 Rutherglen … … 955 133 Springburn … … 4,994 767 Greenock … … … 1,680 889 Port Glasgow … … 641 289 Irvine … … … 440 100 Dalry … … … 64 22 Kilwinning … … 135 26 Saltcoats … … … 1,086 401
Males Females Motherwell … … 754 335 Airdrie … … … 1,147 448 Bellshill … … … 528 264 Blantyre … … … 461 140 Carluke … … … 118 65 Coatbridge … … 1,432 529 East Kilbride … … 516 172 Hamilton … … … 1,143 486 Larkhall … … … 361 217 Uddingston … … 430 161 Wishaw … … … 784 440 Paisley … … … 1,975 429 Johnstone … … … 557 187 Renfrew … … … 273 88
§ Mr. Adam Hunterasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the ratio of vacant male jobs in Scotland to the number of unemployed males;
(2) what is the ratio of vacant women's jobs in Scotland to the number of unemployed women.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt February, 1971, there were in Scotland 5.1 notified vacancies remaining unfilled for males to every hundred males registered as wholly unemployed. The corresponding figure for females was 23.5. The figures are provisional. The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
§ Mr. Adam Hunterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and women, respectively, are registered as being unemployed in the employment exchanges of Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 8th February there were 946 males and 346 females registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Cowdenbeath Employment Exchange. The corresponding figures for the Dunfermline Employment Exchange area were 797 and 281. The figures are provisional.