§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the net change in percentage terms in the number in work in (a) Scotland, (b) Dundee and (c) each of Scotland's new towns in the latest available year.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe latest available information is from the 1977 annual census of employment and the local area information is given for the nearest equivalent local employment office. There is later
286WScotland on 5 May 1981 was 9,026. Not all of these would be unemployed. Comparable information for Dundee is not available.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what have been the numbers coming on to the unemployment register and the numbers coming off each month in the past year in both Dundee and Scotland.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the table below.
information available for all industries in Scotland but not for the local areas requested.
Employees in Employment: Percentage change between June 1976 and 1977 Percentage Scotland 0.0 Dundee -1.0 Cumbernauld -7.0 East Kilbride -3.6 Glenrothes -0.6 Irvine and Kilwinning 1.2 Livingston -0.8