§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men aged 18 years and over were registered as unemployed in the employment exchange areas of Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello, respectively, in the months of January, June and November in 1970, 1971 and 1972; and what were the corresponding figures for Scotland and the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
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§ 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
June, 1970 November, 1970 Males Females Males Females Edinburgh … … … 3,698 492 3,977 454 Leith … … … 1,337 125 1,387 107 Portobello … … … 615 73 748 103 Dalkeith … … … 546 113 60S 102 Loanhead … … … 405 92 419 118 Musselburgh … … … 543 73 595 111 Tranent … … … 188 65 219 71 Bathgate … … … 665 130 989 139 Livingston … … … 123 37 173 45 West Calder … … … 82 16 101 22 Broxburn … … … 121 16 177 37 Bo'ness … … … 146 106 182 109 Linlithgow … … … 33 32 45 43 Haddington … … … 160 25 186 48
June, 1971 November, 1971 Males Females Males Females Edinburgh … … … 4,764 566 5,019 735 Leith … … … 1,777 176 1,921 216 Portobello … … … 887 113 937 135 Dalkeith … … … 638 119 711 162 Loanhead … … … 485 129 355 95 Musselburgh … … … 687 139 687 141 Tranent … … … 231 56 252 83 Penicuik* … … … — — 138 36 Bathgate … … … 1,292 275 1,252 298 Livingston … … … 344 62 402 104 West Calder … … … 144 45 324 92 Broxburn … … … 266 49 304 69 Bo'ness … … … 268 131 255 114 Linlithgow … … … 86 44 104 45 Haddington … … … 225 28 206 47 * Opened September, 1971; previously included with Loanhead. 248W
June, 1972 November, 1972 (Provisional) Males Females Males Females Edinburgh … … … 4,848 747 4,762 765 Leith … … … 1,740 195 1,663 171 Portobello … … … 821 151 827 108 Dalkeith … … … 883 117 820 130 Loanhead … … … 340 90 336 93 Musselburgh … … … 627 116 611 120 Tranent … … … 262 94 210 85 Penicuik … … … 128 32 109 47 Bathgate … … … 1,186 276 1,204 265 Livingston … … … 315 92 354 90 West Calder … … … 345 94 329 95 Broxburn … … … 269 74 299 112 Bo'ness … … … 243 123 277 123 Linlithgow … … … 85 44 77 47 Haddington … … … 124 20 116 34 June and November; and what were the corresponding figures in 1970 and 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
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§ 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 each of the months from June
1970 1971 1972 Males Females Males Females Males Females June … … … 5.2 1.0 6.7 1.3 6.8 1.5 July … … … 5.9 1.0 7.3 1.5 7.2 1.6 August … … … 5.8 1.0 7.2 1.4 7.2 1.6 September … … … 5.7 1.0 6.9 1.4 7.3 1.6 October … … … 5.4 1.0 69 1.5 6.8 1.5 November … … … 5.7 1.0 7.1 1.5 6.6* 1.5* * Provisional.