§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the total number of redundancies in Scotland as notified to his Department in 1975 and 1976 to the nearest available date; and what effect the devolution proposal for an Assembly in Edinburgh will have on the situation.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the numbers of people in Scotland affected by redundancies voluntarily notified by employers to the Employment Service Agency in 1975 and in the period 1st January 1976 to 6th March 1976 were 30,800 and 7,300 respectively. Redundancies notified to the Secretary of State for Employment from 8th March 1976 to 30th September 1976 total 45,046.
Prior to 8th March the figures given refer to redundancies notified under the voluntary arrangements operated by the Employment Service Agency. From that date the notification requirements under Section 100 of the Employment Protection Act have been in force.
It is not proposed that the Scottish administration will have direct responsibility for employment matters and it is not possible at this stage to say what effect the transfer of responsibility for certain services will have on the notification of redundancies.
§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish figures showing, in each employment exchange area of Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire, the number of construction workers currently unemployed; and what effect the devolution proposal for an Assembly in Edinburgh will have on the situation.
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§ Mr. GoldingThe following table shows the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the areas specified who last worked in the construction industry. The information is for 14th August, the most recent date for which an industrial analysis is available.
GLASGOW TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA Employment Office Area Numbers Unemployed Barrhead … … … 300 Bridgeton … … … 507 Cambuslang … … … 135 Clydebank … … … 584 Easterhouse … … … 1,237 Glasgow CEO … … … 53 Glasgow South Side … … … 1,062 Govan … … … 460 Hillington … … … 78 Kinning Park … … … 164 Kirkintilloch … … … 155 Maryhill … … … 642 Parkhead … … … 934 Partick … … … 510 Rutherglen … … … 631 Springburn … … … 1,329
LANARKSHIRE Employment Office Area Numbers Unemployed Airdrie … … … … 562 Bellshill … … … … 216 Blantyre … … … … 126 Carluke … … … … 30 Coatbridge … … … … 481 East Kilbride … … … … 259 Hamilton … … … … 286 Lanark … … … … 87 Larkhall … … … … 145 Lesmahagow … … … … 67 Motherwell … … … … 246 Shotts … … … … 65 Uddingston … … … … 128 Wishaw … … … … 278
AYRSHIRE Employment Office Area Numbers Unemployed Ayr … … … … 586 Cumnock … … … … 191 Girvan … … … … 144 Irvine … … … … 363 Kilbirnie … … … … 105 Kilmarnock … … … … 392 Kilwinning … … … … 149 Largs … … … … 76 Newmilns … … … … 33 Saltcoats … … … … 677 Troon … … … … 49 It is not proposed that the Scottish administration will have direct responsibility for employment matters and it is not possible at this stage to say what effect the transfer of responsibility for certain services will have on levels of unemployment in Scotland.