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Mr. Dudley Smith
The following table shows provisional rates of unemployment for 8th November. Rates cannot be calculated separately for some employment exchange areas and, in these cases, the rates are for travel-to-work areas comprising two or more employment exchange areas.
| PROVISIONAL RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AT 8TH NOVEMBER, 1971 |
| Employment Exchange or Travel-to-work area |
Males per cent. |
Total, males and females per cent. |
| Aberdeen* |
5.1 |
3.7 |
| Anstruther |
9.3 |
8.2 |
| Arbroath* |
12.9 |
11.3 |
| Ayr* |
6.5 |
5.1 |
| Banchory |
5.1 |
5.0 |
| Banff |
20.7 |
14.9 |
| Bathgate* |
8.8 |
7.6 |
| Blairgowrie |
7.6 |
5.5 |
| Brechin |
6.5 |
4.7 |
| Buckle |
18.6 |
13.1 |
| Campbeltown |
17.1 |
14.9 |
| Castle Douglas |
6.0 |
5.3 |
| Cumbernauld |
10.5 |
9.7 |
| Cumnock |
6.5 |
6.4 |
| Cupar |
3.3 |
2.6 |
| Dingwall* |
16.0 |
13.1 |
| Dumbarton* |
11.9 |
8.8 |
| Dumfries* |
7.8 |
6.0 |
| Dunthe |
9.9 |
7.8 |
| Dunfermline* |
7.1 |
6.4 |
| Dunoon |
9.8 |
7.4 |
| Edinburgh* |
7.0 |
4.7 |
| Elgin* |
9.3 |
7.4 |
| Eyemouth |
9.4 |
7.8 |
| Falkirk* |
6.6 |
6.0 |
| Forfar |
4.0 |
3.3 |
| Forres* |
7.0 |
7.4 |
| Fort William |
7.0 |
7.0 |
| Fraserburgh |
12.2 |
9.3 |
| Galashiels |
4.2 |
3.4 |
| Girvan |
13.9 |
11.5 |
| Glasgow* |
10.7 |
7.5 |
| Greenock* |
8.2 |
8.3 |
| Haddington |
5.2 |
3.9 |
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| Employment Exchange or Travel-to-work area |
Males per cent. |
Total, males and females per cent. |
| Hawick |
4.5 |
3.0 |
| Huntly |
6.7 |
6.3 |
| Inverness |
8.4 |
6.1 |
| Irvine* |
9.4 |
8.1 |
| Jedburgh* |
4.8 |
3.7 |
| Keith |
7.1 |
6.5 |
| Kilbirnie |
5.5 |
6.2 |
| Kilmarnock* |
13.7 |
9.7 |
| Kilsyth |
24.4 |
17.3 |
| Kirkcaldy* |
9.2 |
7.0 |
| Kirkwall |
6.8 |
5.2 |
| Lanark |
8.2 |
7.2 |
| Largs |
14.4 |
8.6 |
| Lerwick |
8.7 |
6.9 |
| Lesmahagow |
24.3 |
24.6 |
| Lochgilphead |
5.9 |
5.6 |
| Montrose |
5.7 |
4.9 |
| Nairn |
9.1 |
7.7 |
| Newton Stewart |
10.6 |
10.1 |
| North Lanarkshire* |
10.3 |
8.9 |
| Oban |
11.7 |
9.1 |
| Paisley* |
7.2 |
5.8 |
| Peebles |
6.2 |
4.0 |
| Perth* |
5.2 |
3.6 |
| Peterhead |
12.3 |
9.9 |
| Pitlochry |
4.6 |
4.1 |
| Portree |
18.1 |
13.1 |
| Rothesay |
17.1 |
11.1 |
| St. Andrews |
3.0 |
2.4 |
| Sanquhar |
18.3 |
15.7 |
| Shotts |
11.1 |
10.1 |
| Stirling* |
6.6 |
5.2 |
| Stornoway |
33.5 |
26.2 |
| Stranraer |
11.6 |
9.5 |
| Thurso |
7.7 |
7.6 |
| Turriff |
8.1 |
7.1 |
| Wick |
16.6 |
13 |
| Planning regions of Scotland |
Males per cent. |
Total, males and females per cent. |
| Glasgow |
10.2 |
7.7 |
| Falkirk/Stirling |
6.8 |
5.8 |
| Edinburgh |
7.4 |
5.5 |
| Tayside |
8.0 |
6.3 |
| Borders |
6.0 |
4.3 |
| South West |
9.0 |
7.3 |
| North East |
7.3 |
5.5 |
| Highlands |
12.1 |
9.6 |
| * Travel-to-work area. |