§ 34. Mr. Crawfordasked the Secretary of State for Employment what measures he is taking to alleviate unemployment in Scotland.
§ Mr. John FraserThe measures announced on 24th September were designed to mitigate the worst effects of unemployment in all parts of Great Britain by helping up to 100,000 people obtain jobs which they otherwise would not have had. I would expect Scotland along with the rest of Great Britain to benefit from these measures. In addition, the whole of Scotland has development area or special development area status.
464Wrequested. The following table includes the numbers unemployed and the numbers of notified unfilled vacancies.
§ 55. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will take steps to ease the unemployment situation in Scotland.
§ Mr. John FraserThe Government have already announced on 24th September measures designed to mitigate the worst effects of unemployment in all parts of Great Britain by helping up to 100,000 people obtain jobs which they otherwise would not have had. I would expect Scotland, along with the rest of Great Britain, to benefit from these measures.
§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Employment what he estimates to be the percentage of Scots men and women over official retirement age who continue to work.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following information based on the results of the 1971 Census of Population shows those males and females in Scotland who were economically active as percentages of the relevant total populations—males aged 65 and over, females aged 60 and over:
Males Females 19.8 12.3 The General Household Survey carried out in 1973 suggests that the corresponding percentages for that year were:
Males Females 20 12 These percentages, however, are subject to sampling error.