§ Mr. John Mackayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the most recent number of (a) total unemployed and (b) those aged 18 years and under unemployed for the area covered by the Oban employment exchange; and if he will give the comparable figures for the same time in 1978 and 1977.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherOn 8 November 1979 there were 621 registered as unemployed in the Oban employment office area compared with 661 in November 1978. On 11 October 1979, the latest date for which information is available, 52 young people aged 18 and under were registered as unemployed in the Oban employment office area compared with 63 in October 1978.
141WChanges were made in the boundaries of the Oban employment office area in 1978 and comparable information for October 1977 is not readily available.