§ Mr. Allan Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, further to the reply to the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr. McNair-Wilson) on 18 June, if he will publish estimates for the breakdown of the total number of unemployed in Scotland in terms of persons whose previous employment was in (a) central and local government, (b) the rest of the public sector and (c) the private sector.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is given in the following table. The estimates have been prepared on the same basis as those given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment in his reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Mr. McNair-Wilson) on 18 June.—[Vol. 6, c. 43–8–9.]
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Numbers registered as unemployed in Scotland May 1980 May 1981 Public Sector Education Services 3,278 4,501 Medical and Dental Services 4,259 5,324 National Government Service 3,326 4,163 Local Government Service 10,256 12,760 Total Central and Local Government 21,119 26,748 Remainder of public sector 14,369 17,590 Total public sector 35,488 44,338 Private Sector Total private sector 127,099 190,882 Not classified by industry (including school leavers) 33,759 50,970 Total all industries and services 196,346 286,190