§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what have been the unemployment figures in the Glasgow area broken down each year for the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe total number of people registered as unemployed in the present Glasgow travel-to-work area in October each year since 1971 is shown in the following table.
October Total registered unemployed Per cent. 1980 74,928 12.6 1979 53,801 9.1 1978 52,332 8.8 1977 56,767 9.6 1976 49,903 8.4 1975 37,789 6.5 1974 27,882 4.8 1973 21,725 4.7 1972 45,125 7.7 1971 44,103 7.9 Note: The present Glasgow travel-to-work area comprises the employment office areas within Glasgow city together with the Barrhead, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, East Kilbride, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch employment office areas.
§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what have been the number of job opportunities in each year, broken down for the past 10 years, in the Glasgow area.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe number of vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices in the present Glasgow travel-to-work area and remaining unfilled in October each year since 1971 is shown in the following table.200W These do not purport to be a measure of all job opportunities in the Glasgow area.
Unfilled vacancies at Employment offices at Careers offices October— 1980 3,549 20 1979 5,319 135 1978 5,087 138 1977 4,174 101 1976 4,330 104 1975 4,395 516 1974 5,772 1,845 1973 5,948 2,627 1972 2,629 324 1971 1,911 475 Notes:
- (i) The Glasgow travel-to-work area comprises employment office areas within Glasgow city together with the Barrhead, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, East Kilbride, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch employment office area.
- (ii) Because of possible duplication between vacancy figures for employment offices and careers offices, the two sets of figures should not be added together.