§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the percentage rates of male and female unemployment in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in January, February and March, 1972; and what were the corresponding rates in 1970 and 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
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PPERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE EDINBURGH TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA BASED ON THE TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, INCLUDING WORKERS WHO WERE TEMPORARILY STOPPED 1970 Males Females Total January 5.6 1.0 3.6 February 5.4 1.0 3.5 March 5.4 1.0 3.5 1971 January 6.7 1.3 4.4 February 6.7 1.4 4.4 March 6.8 1.5 4.5 1972 January 8.2 1.8 5.5 February 9.1 2.5 6.2 March (provisional) 8.4 1.8 5.6
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and women, respectively, were wholly unemployed in each of the Edinburgh and Lothian employment exchange areas in
NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS January, 1970 February, 1970 March,1970 Males Females Males Females Males Females Edinburgh … … … … 3,825 533 3,639 538 3,700 517 Leith … … … … 1,467 128 1,377 123 1,343 125 Portobello … … … … 643 79 652 79 670 82 Dalkeith … … … … 575 61 586 86 593 87 Loanhead … … … … 433 140 443 114 416 120 Musselburgh … … … 657 70 645 80 615 76 Tranent … … … … 216 61 215 65 215 61 Bathgate … … … … 728 120 706 120 705 108 Livingston … … … … 135 27 134 21 128 25 West Calder … … … 101 19 92 17 99 16 Broxburn … … … … 139 16 135 18 122 17 Bo'ness … … … … 152 107 132 106 135 111 Linlithgow … … … … 38 24 33 21 36 27 Haddington … … … 181 51 182 50 198 48
January, 1971 February, 1971 March, 1971 Males Females Males Females Males Females Edinburgh … … … … 4,739 620 4,772 672 4,679 652 Leith … … … … 1,766 211 1,752 210 1,784 236 Portobello … … … … 801 105 850 137 840 135 Dalkeith … … … … 673 110 655 118 660 118 Loanhead … … … … 481 166 498 135 488 128 Musselburgh … … … 666 112 635 136 775 155 Tranent … … … … 246 77 229 85 249 82 Bathgate … … … … 1,145 173 1,207 175 1,228 204 Livingston … … … … 237 66 257 70 310 78 West Calder … … … 135 38 141 30 142 33 Broxburn … … … … 246 41 262 40 284 40 Bo'ness … … … … 243 111 226 104 257 104 Linlithgow … … … … 58 40 72 42 76 41 Haddington … … … 205 61 223 57 219 45
January, 1972 February, 1972 March, 1972(Provisional) Males Females Males Females Males Females Edinburgh … … … … 5,718 842 5,615 879 5,713 903 Leith … … … … 2,078 277 2,175 265 2,146 267 Portobello … … … … 1,044 171 1,064 172 1,045 163 Dalkeith … … … … 1,021 175 1,047 174 1,013 155 Loanhead (including penicuik) … 576 131 620 150 600 139 Musselburgh … … … 843 174 761 170 754 146 Tranent … … … … 279 90 288 91 251 90 Bathgate … … … … 1,383 410 1,438 375 1,481 337 Livingston … … … … 453 148 446 146 481 127 West Calder … … … 406 117 406 117 407 113 Broxburn … … … … 354 100 344 106 334 105 Bo'ness … … … … 311 148 324 149 325 141 Linlithgow … … … … 100 54 112 59 96 56 Haddington … … … 219 46 201 49 230 61
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men were wholly unemployed in each of the Edinburgh and Lothian employment exchange areas in January and February, 1972, who last worked in the construction in- 34W January, February and March, 1972; and what were the corresponding figures in 1970 and 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
dustry; how many were registered as bricklayers, plumbers and pipe fitters, painters, plasterers, slaters, joiners and electricians, respectively; and what were the corresponding figures in January and February, 1971.
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§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
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MEN REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED WHO LAST WORKED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY RECORDED UNDER THE OCCUPATION FOR WHICH THEY WERE REGISTERED Brick-layer Plumber, pipe-fitter Painter, Decorator, sign writer Plasterer Slater, tiler, etc. Carpenter, joiner Electrician All Other occupations Total, all occupations January, 1971 Edinburgh … … 53 57 102 19 21 74 99 1,020 1,445 Leith … … 22 33 32 4 7 30 28 383 539 Portobello … … 13 7 14 4 5 8 7 176 234 Dalkeith … … 11 — 5 1 — 1 5 123 146 Loanhead … … 4 4 8 3 — 5 1 82 107 Musselburgh … 10 2 6 4 4 15 3 149 193 Tranent … … 4 3 6 3 — 7 3 57 83 Bathgate … … 13 4 16 6 — 13 5 242 299 Livingston … … 7 6 5 — 3 13 5 79 118 West Calder … 2 — — — — —. — 45 47 Broxburn … … 2 4 10 1 1 5 3 85 111 Bo'ness … … 6 — 3 1 — 3 4 96 113 Linlithgow … … — 1 1 — — 1 — 19 22 Haddington … 5 2 2 1 — 11 1 45 67 Februay, 1971 Edinburgh … … 64 73 86 10 25 72 91 951 1,372 Leith … … 20 28 34 4 9 27 24 400 546 Portobello … … 17 9 14 5 5 9 5 189 253 Dalkeith … … 10 2 7 — 2 8 6 97 132 Loanhead … … 3 2 5 4 — 11 1 112 138 Musselburgh … 10 3 10 6 4 18 4 123 178 Tranent … … 3 3 4 1 — 10 4 62 87 Bathgate … … 21 3 14 6 — 16 5 242 307 Livingston … … 5 2 3 — 3 12 6 91 122 West Calder … 1 — — — — 1 — 42 44 Broxburn … … 3 1 10 — — 4 2 90 110 Bo'ness … … 4 — 4 1 — 6 — 86 101 Linlithgow … … — 1 1 — — 3 — 22 27 Haddington … 4 4 4 1 — 6 1 55 75 January, 1972 Edinburg … … 21 64 73 10 32 86 75 1,002 1,363 Leith … … 6 14 16 4 4 21 21 407 493 Portobello … … 2 11 13 — 2 17 12 210 267 Dalkeith … … 2 4 8 — 2 8 5 117 146 Loanhead(including penicuik) … 7 5 8 3 1 7 4 110 145 Musselburgh … 2 8 14 7 6 22 4 171 234 Tranent … … — 2 4 1 1 4 — 71 83 Bathgate … … 12 7 15 7 6 19 8 291 365 Livingston … … 2 6 4 — 2 11 9 101 135 West Calder … 4 2 3 2 1 10 3 94 119 Broxburn … … 1 6 2 3 — 1 4 105 122 Bo'ness … … 6 5 4 — — 5 2 103 125 Linlithgow … … — 1 — — — — 1 19 21 Haddington … 4 3 2 — 1 2 — 53 65 February, 1972 Edinburg … … 30 47 66 8 26 67 65 1,055 1,364 Leith … … 10 19 59 2 3 16 27 464 600 Portobello … … 2 13 17 3 5 9 9 234 292 Dalkeith … … 7 2 8 — 1 8 1 120 147 Loanhead(including penicuik) … 5 2 8 5 1 4 5 120 150 Musselburgh … 4 6 10 3 2 8 3 143 179 Tranent … … — 1 5 3 2 4 — 65 80 Bathgate … … 16 8 19 3 3 14 9 304 376 Livingston … … 1 8 4 1 1 11 4 105 135 West Calder … 2 3 6 2 1 7 5 92 118 Broxburn … … 1 5 3 3 — 1 3 103 119 Bo'ness … … 3 3 5 — — 7 2 107 127 Linlithgow … … 1 1 — — — 1 — 24 27 Haddington … 3 3 2 — — 5 — 52 65