Mr. J. Enoch Powellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the travel-to-work areas in Scotland in which, at the latest convenient date, percentage unemployment was higher than for Northern Ieland.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information, as at 13 March 1980, is set out in the table below:
Travel-to-work-area Total Unemployed percentage rate Campbeltown 12.3 Cumnock 11.7 Dumbarton 12.7 Forres 13.5 Girvan 12.9 Greenock 12.6 Irvine 15.1 Kilmarnock 12.6 North Lanarkshire 13.3 South Lanarkshire 11.7 Newton Stewart 15.7 Portree 18.6 Rothesay 13.6 Sanquhar 13.6 Stornoway 14.1 Northern Ireland 11.5 * Estimated figures due to industrial action at careers offices.