HC Deb 27 October 1980 vol 991 c18W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of building trade workers unemployed in each of the four Scottish cities and Scotland overall.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher:

The following table gives the numbers of people who last worked in the construction industry and who were registered as unemployed in the four cities and in Scotland on 14 August 1980, the latest date for which information is available:

Total unemployed
Edinburgh 1,907
Glasgow 8,345
Dundee 1,058
Aberdeen 718
Scotland 31,832