§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons qualified as doctors, nurses and teachers, respectively, are unemployed in Scotland on the latest date for which figures are available; and what were the comparable figures in each of the last five years.
Dec 1980 Dec 1979 Dec 1978 Dec 1977 Dec 1975 Numbers registered in Scotland for employment as Medical Practitioners 42 34 36 21 23 State-registered and State-enrolled nurses and State-certified midwives 658 643 593 677 244 Teachers (primary and secondary) 1619 1177 1180 1115 129 NoteNo figures are available for December 1976 because of industrial action on the part of Department of Employmenet staff.