§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the weekly average number of redundancies in Scotland notified to his Department 101W in the first nine months of 1972; and how this compares with the same period in 1971.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkIn the first nine months of this year redundancies involving a weekly average number of 500 workpeople were notified to my Department in Scotland, compared with a weekly average of 880 in the corresponding period of 1971.
Unemployed, except temporarily stopped workers Unfilled vacancies October, 1972 June, 1972 October, 1972 June, 1972 Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Part 1—Counties Zetland 177 48 158 45 30 71 30 73 Orkney 120 27 106 23 25 14 39 28 Caithness and Sutherland 779 225 782 219 52 37 32 50 Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty 2,517 460 2,493 385 222 272 185 296 Argyll 1,037 306 984 257 79 103 100 163 Moray and Nairn 694 270 631 239 39 33 49 51 Banffshire 554 149 546 127 42 44 37 42 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire 3,339 908 3,410 906 231 410 186 394 Angus 5,626 1,856 6,010 2,002 279 289 293 343 Perthshire 974 197 1,093 221 153 150 194 228 Fife and Kinross-shire 5,168 2,109 5,081 1,886 214 158 212 164 Edinburgh and Lothians 12,593 2,387 12,216 2,265 1,085 932 891 992 Stirling and Clackmannan-shire 4,125 1,559 4,112 1,483 245 118 207 155 Dunbartonshire 5,934 1,572 5,868 1,416 138 81 173 90 Renfrewshire 6,816 2,418 6,583 2,331 189 151 316 179 Lanarkshire 12,729 5,522 12,963 4,940 377 174 387 261 Ayrshire and Bute 6,100 2,001 5,702 1,850 214 204 323 359 Dumfriesshire 1,198 344 1,198 303 109 104 98 135 Wigtownshire and Kirkcud-brightshire 834 322 770 261 27 29 23 24 Berwickshire, Peebleshire, Selkirk and Roxburghshire 648 190 703 171 146 202 175 313 Part 2—Cities Glasgow City 30,073 5,165 29,169 4,695 1,146 1,437 886 1,347 Edinburgh* 7,483 1,080 7,409 1,093 867 785 725 855 Aberdeen* 2,371 545 2,400 522 173 299 134 314 Dundee* 4,582 1,483 4,767 1,537 181 222 198 298 * Included also in the appropriate county figures in Part 1. The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish statistics showing the percentage of total unemployment and of male unemployment for each employment exchange in Scotland and for each of the standard regions of Scotland.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the available information:
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§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the figures showing males and females wholly unemployed in each county and city in Scotland at the nearest available date, with details of unfilled vacancies; and how this compares with the position in June, 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AT 9TH OCTOBER, 1972, FOR EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS, EITHER SINGLY OR GROUPED TO FORM TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREAS, AND FOR PLANNING REGIONS OF SCOTLAND
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Total, males and females Males Employment Exchange areas Anstruther 7.9 8.4 Banchory 3.3 3.8 Banff 8.3 10.8 Blairgowrie 4.2 5.3 Brechin 4.4 6.1 Buckie 8.3 10.6 Campbeltown 12.4 14.2 Castle Douglas 4.2 5.0 Cumbernauld 10.0 11.1 Cumnock 5.6 5.1 104W
Employment Exchange areas Total, males and females Males Cupar 3.2 4.7 Dundee 6.9 8.9 Dunoon 6.6 8.7 Eyemouth 4.1 4.3 Forfar 2.6 3.3 Fort William 3.5 3.8 Fraserburgh 5.3 6.9 Galashiels 2.0 2.7 Girvan 8.0 10.1 Haddington 2.2 3.1 Hawick 1.7 2.5 Huntly 5.3 5.4 Inverness 4.6 6.6 Keith 5.7 6.3 Kilbirnie 6.6 6.0 Kilsyth 9.6 13.6 Kirkwall 4.4 5.6 Lanark 6.6 7.5 Largs 6.1 11.5 Lerwick 7.4 9.9 Lesmahagow 24.1 28.2 Lochgilphead 4.9 5.8 Montrose 3.2 4.5 Nairn 7.5 9.7 Newton Stewart 8.4 8.6 Oban 9.0 12.4 Peebles 2.1 3.0 Peterhead 6.5 8.1 Pitlochry 3.2 4.2 Portree 10.3 14.6 Rothesay 5.4 8.3 Sanquhar 14.4 160 Shotts 10.9 12.4 St. Andrews 2.9 4.0 Stornoway 23.9 32.8 Stranraer 9.7 10.6 Thurso 6.4 6.7 Turriff 5.4 5.0 Wick 8.7 11.2 *Aberdeen 3.0 4.1 *Arbroath 8.9 9.8 *Ayr 4.9 6.2 *Bathgate 7.7 9.3 *Dingwall 4.6 4.7 *Dumbarton 9.1 10.6 *Dumfries 4.6 6.0 *Dunfermline 6.8 6.9 *Edinburgh 4.6 7.0 *Elgin 5.2 6.0 *Falkirk 5.6 6.3 *Forres 5.7 5.4 *Glasgow 8.3 11.8 *Greenock 9.3 10.1 *Irvine 7.8 9.0 *Jedburgh 2.3 2.6 *Kilmarnock 5.7 7.2 *Kirkcaldy 6.5 7.9 *North Lanarkshire 8.6 9.3 *Paisley 5.7 6.7 *Perth 2.8 4.1 *Stirling 5.8 6.9 Planning regions Glasgow 7.9 10.2 Falkirk-Stirling 5.7 6.6 Edinburgh 5.4 7.2 Tayside 5.4 7.0 Borders 2.2 2.9 South-West 5.9 7.2 North-East 4.0 5.1 Highlands 7.3 9.4 * Travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed adult males there are in Scotland for every notified vacancy; and what is the corresponding situation in Wales, Greater London and in each of the standard regions of England.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
Numbers of men aged 18 years and over registered as unemployed, except temporarily stopped workers, to every notified vacancy remaining unfilled in October, 1972
Scotland 22.2 Wales 11.6 Greater London 2.9 South East 2.5 East Anglia 3.5 South West 4.4 West Midlands 9.3 East Midlands 4.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 9.4 North West 16.6 North 14.8 The statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
§ Mr. John Smithasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the number of redundancies reported to his Department in the North Lanarkshire employment area for each month since June, 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe numbers of redundancies recorded by my Department as being due to occur each month since June, 1970, in the North Lanark-shire travel-to-work area are as follows:
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Month Numbers becoming redundant 1970 July 110 August 190 September 280 October 430 November 220 December 100 1971 January 215 February 550 March 1,310 April 460 May 600 June 270 July 250 August Nil September 600 October 355 November 190 December 390
Month Numbers becoming redundant 1972 January 500 February 290 March 590 April 325 May 75 June 15 July 200 August 60 September 200 (provisional) October 240 (provisional)