HC Deb 25 May 1972 vol 837 cc458-9W
Mr. Millan

asked 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 Smith

Following is the information:

Mr. Dudley Smith

The 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 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