§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many men and how many women were in employment in Scotland on the same date in October in each of the years 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1980 and 1981, respectively.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation for October is not available. The number employed at June for the specified years is provided in the following table:
Number of employees in employment in Scotland at June Year Male Female Total (thousands) 1960 1,353 718 2,069 1965 1,352 764 2,116 1970 1,267 791 2,058 1975 1,219 858 2,076 1979 1,197 883 2,080 1980 1,168 869 2,036 1981 1,097 830 1,927 Note: The 1960 figures have been adjusted to be consistent with later figures.