§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were unemployed in Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Scotland in each year in the period 1960 to 1969 inclusive, taking the June figure to represent the yearly figure; and what are the latest available figures.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is given in the following table:
employment rates; and what are the corresponding figures for May 1979.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information requested is set out in the table below:
§ Mr. FairgrieveMy Department collects national waiting list data biannually at 31 March and 30 September. The data for 30 September 1979 is not yet available and the table below gives the information for the last available dates 31 March 1979 and 30 September 1978. It should be noted that there was a high degree of industrial action in the Health Service during this period which is reflected in these figures.
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Waiting list by specialty at 31 March 1979 Waiting list by specialty at 30 September 1978 General Surgery Ortho paedic Surgery Ophthal mology Thoracic Surgery* Plastic Surgery Total General Surgery Ortho paedic Surgery Ophthal mology Thoracic Surgery* Plastic Surgery Total Argyll and Clyde 2,592 807 294 — — 3,693 2,518 695 204 — — 3,417 Ayrshire and Arran 1,279 140 128 — 55 1,602 1,416 142 94 — 63 1,715 Borders 285 103 — — — 388 390 172 — — — 562 Dumfries and Galloway 1,140 188 — — — 1,328 1,054 155 — — — 1,209 Fife 1,287 1,497 132 — — 2,916 1,153 1,438 132 — — 2,723 Forth Valley 866 1,113 221 — — 2,200 941 904 269 — — 2,114 Grampian 992 698 1,034 27 325 3,076 617 621 769 8 269 2,284 Greater Glasgow 3,112 2,502 1,177 333 3,870 10,994 2,380 2,144 910 368 3,967 9,769 Highland 264 246 68 — 60 638 197 201 81 — — 479 Lanarkshire 2,090 559 100 211 — 2,960 1,595 518 100 198 — 2,411 Lothian 3,117 2,055 894 120 1,659 7,845 1,505 1,396 670 76 1,108 4,755 Orkney — — — — — — — — — — — — Shetland — — — — — — — — — — — — Tayside 1,338 1,580 203 — 334 3,455 992 1,409 181 — 330 2,912 Western Isles 15 — — — — 15 28 — — — — 28 Scotland 18,377 11,488 4,251 691 6,303 41,110 14,786 9,795 3,410 650 5,737 34,378 *In Scotland, the statistics for "Thoracic Surgery" include cardiology patients.