§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a
Unfilled vacancies Industry group Numbers registered as unemployed At employment offices At careers offices Agriculture, forestry and fishing … … 4,347 129 9 Mining and quarrying … … 3,424 39 2 Food, drink and tobacco … … 9,087 480 11 Coal and petroleum products … … 187 4 — Chemicals and allied industries … … 1,973 217 6 Metal manufacture … … 4,093 77 8 Mechanical engineering … … 9,130 797 8 Instrument engineering … … 1,369 46 1 Electrical engineering … … 4,836 407 11 Shipbuilding and marine engineering … … 3,546 249 107 Vehicles … … 2,391 56 4 Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … 3,076 204 3 Textiles … … 5,974 198 14 Leather, leather goods and fur … … 441 7 — Clothing and footwear … … 4,681 404 29 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … 1,454 46 7 Timber, furniture, etc. … … 1,641 58 1 Paper, printing and publishing … … 2,565 124 2 Other manufacturing industries … … 2,091 46 6 Construction … … 31,823 1,882 44 Gas, electricity and water … … 715 142 4 Transport and communication … … 8,162 491 14 Distributive trades … … 21,334 2,199 119 Insurance, banking, finance, etc. … … 3,773 855 32 Professional and scientific services … … 9,915 1,674 20 Miscellaneous services … … 22,440 3,268 48 Public administration and defence … … 14,118 1,774 42 Not classified by industry … … 62,676 — — TOTAL … … 241,267 15,873 552