§ 32. Mr. Wolrige-Gordonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the most recent available figures relating to unemployment in the North-East of 49W Scotland; and if he will specify the categories and number of workers unemployed.
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INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE NORTH-EAST PLANNING REGION OF SCOTLAND AT 13TH MARCH, 1972 Males Females Total Temporarily Stopped included in Total Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing … … 929 41 970 228 Mining and Quarrying … … 34 1 35 2 Food Drink and Tobacco … … 496 220 716 7 Coal and Petroleum Products … … 3 — 3 — Chemicals and Allied Industries … … 26 5 31 — Metal Manufacture … … 28 4 32 — Mechanical Engineering … … 837 62 899 735 Instrument Engineering … … 2 — 2 — Electrical Engineering … … 31 17 48 — Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … 84 1 85 2 Vehicles … … 58 4 62 — Metal Goods not elsewhere specified … … 52 17 69 — Textiles … … 83 68 151 — Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … 4 2 6 — Clothing and Footwear … … 4 16 20 — Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc … … 71 3 74 — Timber Furniture, etc. … … 111 7 118 1 Paper, Printing and Publishing … … 71 34 105 — Other Manufacturing Industries … … 29 6 35 2 Construction … … 895 10 905 9 Gas, Electricity and Water … … 78 3 81 — Transport and Communication … … 446 46 492 2 Distributive Trades … … 564 296 860 5 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services … … 125 27 152 — Professional and Scientific Services … … 128 115 243 — Miscellaneous Services … … 470 356 826 4 Public Administration and Defence … … 376 64 440 — Not classified by Industry … … 565 204 769 — Total, All Industries and Services … … 6,600 1,629 8,229 997
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe percentage of unemployed for March, 1972, was 5.3.
Following is the information:
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§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish an estimate of the number of male and female insured workers who work in Ayrshire but have their residence in South Ayrshire.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe estimated number of employees, employed and unemployed, in Ayrshire at June, 1970, the latest date for which information is available, was 130,300–83,600 males and 46,700 females. The estimates are based on the place of work and do not indicate the number of employees residing in South Ayreshire.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish an
ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED, AT JUNE, 1970, IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE AYR, TROON, CUMNOCK AND GIRVAN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES Males Females (Thousands Total) Coal mining (minimum list heading 101 of the Standard Industrial Classification) … … … 7.4 0.2 7.6 Agriculture and horticulture (MLH 001) … … … 1.2 0.3 1.4 Forestry (MLH 022) … … … * * * Fishing (MLH 003) … … … 0.2 * 0.2 Textiles (Order XIII) … … … 1.0 1.6 2.6 Chemicals and allied industries (Order V) … … … 0.4 0.1 0.5 Engineering (Orders VII to IX) … … … 1.1 0.5 1.6 Transport and communications (Order XXII) … … 2.7 0.9 3.5 Local government service (MLH 906) … … … 2.0 0.6 2.6 Hotels, catering, etc. (MLHs 884 to 888) … … … 1.0 1.7 2.7 Medical and dental services (MLH 874) … … … 0.6 2.6 3.2 * Less than 50.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs are currently available in mining in Ayrshire; and how this compares with the same period in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
Estimated numbers of employees in employment in the coal mining industry in Ayrshire
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(Thousands) June, 1960 … … … 14.8 June, 1961 … … … 13.5 June, 1962 … … … 13.3 June, 1963 … … … 11.2 June, 1964 … … … 11.7 June, 1965 … … … 11.1 June, 1966 … … … 10.2 June, 1967 … … … 9.8 estimate of the number of male and female jobs currently occupied in South Ayrshire in the employment categories., mining, agriculture, forestry, fishing, textiles, chemicals, whisky minufacture, engineering, transport, local government, hotels and catering, and the National Health Service, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows for June, 1970, the latest date for which information is available, estimates for the numbers of employees in South Ayrshire in the industries specified except for whisky manufacture. Employees in whisky manufacture are classified under "Other drink industries", the figures for which could reveal confidential information about the numbers employed by individual firms.
June, 1968 … … … 8.6 June, 1969 … … … 8.1 June, 1970 … … … 7.5