§ Mr. Millanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the total numbers employed in Scotland and in Great Britain, respectively, in each of the Standard Industrial Classifications 860 to 879 at the latest date for which figures are available, and the percentage which the Scottish figure represents in each case of the Great Britain total.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows a regional analysis of the number of wholly unemployed men and women registered for employment in clerical and other office occupations. Rates of unemployment cannot be calculated in the 459W absence of comparable estimates of the numbers employed in these occupations.
Numbers of wholly unemployed men and women registered for employment in clerical occupations at 13th March, 1972. Men Women South East 20,468 6,942 East Anglia 2,149 801 South West 7,584 2,520 West Midlands 4,393 2,702 East Midlands 2,957 1,439 Yorkshire and Humberside 4,650 2,557 North West 7,486 4,541 North 3,737 2,760 Wales 3,059 2,264 Scotland 5,381 5,751 Great Britain 61,864 32,277