HC Deb 05 December 1972 vol 847 cc357-8W
72. Mr. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of people working or available for work in Scotland to the nearest available date in 1972; and how this figure compares with the figure at the same date in each of the last five years.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At March, 1972, the latest date for which information is available, the provisionally estimated number of employees, employed and unemployed, in Scotland was 2,184,000.

The figures for earlier dates are as follows:

Estimated numbers of employees, employed and unemployed, in Scotland
(Thousands)
March, 1967 2,192
March, 1968 2,176
March, 1969 2,169
June, 1969 (a) 2,162
June, 1969 (b) 2,169
March, 1970 2,173
March, 1971 2,156

The figures for June 1969 (b) and later dates include improved information about the location of employees in the distributive trades and are not strictly comparable with those for June 1969 (a) and earlier dates.

Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest estimate of the total number of wholly unemployed males in the employment exchange areas of Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 13th November the provisional number was 7,252.

Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest estimate of the number of wholly unemployed males in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 13th November the provisional number was 9,338.