§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many building workers were employed in Tayside and Dundee at the last most convenient date; how many building workers there were unemployed; and how many vacancies existed.
§ Mr. GoldingThe most recent information available for the construction industry is as follows:—
256WAt June 1975 were about 13,000 employees in employment in this industry in the(2) what is his estimate of (a) the number and (b) the percentage of unemployed young people under the age of 21 years in the Central Region of Scotland; and whether he will give a break-down of that figure by age and sex;
(3) what is his estimate of (a) the number and (b) the percentage of unemployed young people under the age of 21 years in the Strathclyde Region; and whether he will give a breakdown of that figure by age and sex.
§ Mr. Golding,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 8th November 1976; Vol. 919 c. 87], gave the following information:
I am sorry that it is not possible to give figures in the form requested. The following table shows the numbers of unemployed young persons aged under 20 years, and 20 to 24 years. As many of the young people who work in Central London live in other parts of London, information has been given for the somewhat larger inner London area. Unemployment rates are calculated by expressing the numbers unemployed as percentages of all employees, including the unemployed. I regret that rates for individual age groups cannot be supplied because the necessary employment analyses by age are not available.
Following is the information available.
Tayside region, of whom about 6,700 were in the Dundee employment office area.
At 12th August 1976, the numbers registered as unemployed who last worked in this industry were 1,564 in Tayside and 887 in Dundee.
At 6th August 1976, the number of vacancies held for construction workers in Tayside were 139 at employment offices and 48 at careers offices. The corresponding figures for Dundee were 38 and nil.
The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Because of possible duplication the two series should not be added together.