§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of those unemployed in Scotland in each month since May 1979, using seasonally adjusted figures and excluding school leavers and adult students.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the table below.
Seasonally adjusted unemployment excluding school leavers an adult students 1979 May 166,700 June 165,200 July 166,500 August 166,000 September 167,300 October 169,500 November 169,700 December 170,500 1980 January 175,700 February 182,300 March 184,800 April 191,600 May 194,100 June 198,800 July 205,200 August 211,800 September 220,200 October 230,200