§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number 33W of unemployed males in each Scottish county and the number of unfilled vacancies for men in each county; and how this compares with October, 1970 and October, 1969, respectively.
Total registered October, 1971 Wholly unemployed Vacancies Zetland … … … 361 162 31 Orkney … … … 155 141 15 Caithness and Sutherland … … … 931 890 34 Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty … … 3,519 3,397 89 Argyll … … … 1,154 1,070 38 Moray and Nairn … … … 801 734 18 Banffshire … … … 715 631 23 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire … … 4,022 3,851 111 Angus … … … 6,159 6,083 165 Perthshire … … … 995 987 130 Fife and Kinross-shire … … … 5,353 5,299 203 Edinburgh and the Lothians … … … 12,655 12,606 836 Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire … … 4,472 4,228 150 Glasgow City … … … 29,772 29,598 788 Dunbartonshire … … … 5,979 5,949 105 Renfrewshire … … … 7,355 7,123 224 Lanarkshire … … … 13,917 13,667 231 Ayrshire and Bute … … … 7,347 6,268 226 Dumfriesshire … … … 1,586 1,493 71 Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire … … 898 879 12 Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire (except Berwick) … … 1,571 1,317 98
Total registered October, 1971 Wholly unemployed Vacancies Zetland … … … 389 205 16 Orkney … … … 167 150 16 Caithness and Sutherland … … … 934 775 22 Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty … … 2,764 2,648 180 Argyll … … … 1,110 1,030 96 Moray and Nairn … … … 561 477 43 Banffshire … … … 644 522 20 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire … … 3,213 3,030 197 Angus … … … 4,246 4,195 408 Perthshire … … … 795 795 260 Fife and Kinross-shire … … … 4,132 4,090 379 Edinburgh and the Lothians … … … 9,290 9,241 1,111 Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire … … 2,465 2,371 273 Glasgow City … … … 22,393 21,767 1,192 Dunbartonshire … … … 4,493 4,173 250 Renfrewshire … … … 5,029 4,891 406 Lanarkshire … … … 8,114 8,102 614 Ayrshire and Bute … … … 4,666 4,316 570 Dumfriesshire … … … 1,091 1,090 151 Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire … … 694 685 28 Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire (except Berwick) … … 1,301 992 213 34W
Total registered October, 1971 Wholly unemployed Vacancies Zetland … … … 622 301 18 Orkney … … … 202 166 1 Caithness and Sutherland … … … 855 813 25 Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty … … 2,405 2,211 154 Argyll … … … 1,131 1,058 96 Moray and Nairn … … … 628 526 33 Banffshire … … … 625 500 29 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire … … … 3,143 3,026 290 Angus … … … 2,817 2,768 554 Perthshire … … … 712 712 244 Fife and Kinross-shire … … … 3,826 3814 719
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information
35WTotal numbers of males registered as unemployed, numbers of males registered as wholly unemployed and notified vacancies for males remaining unfilled
Total registered October, 1971 Wholly unemployed Vacancies Edinburgh and the Lothians … … … 7,070 7,052 1,331 Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire … … 1,855 1,818 672 Glasgow City … … … 17,734 17,671 1,535 Dunbartonshire … … … 2,790 2,784 764 Renfrewshire … … … 4,300 4,293 495 Lanarkshire … … … 6,786 6,765 653 Ayrshire and Bute … … … 4,175 3,917 583 Dumfriesshire … … … 1,318 1,318 93 Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire … … 821 809 19 Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire (except Berwick) … … 727 719 322 The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.