§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the job losses affecting males and females, respectively, in each employment exchange area in Ayrshire.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithInformation about job losses is not available but estimates of net changes in the numbers employed can be obtained by comparing employment estimates for the beginning and end of a period. Between June 1970 and June 1971, the latest date for which information is available, the number of males employed in all employment exchange areas in Ayrshire decreased by about 3,000. There was no significant change 133W in the number of females employed. The estimates are subject to sampling and other errors and little significance can be attached to small variations in the figures for individual employment exchange areas.