§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new jobs he estimates to have been created in Scotland since May 1979; and how many have been lost during the same period.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherComprehensive information on new jobs created and on job losses is not available. The number of redundancies notified in Scotland in the period May 1979 to August 1981 was 124,312. Taking only new jobs associated with offers of selective financial assistance in the period May 1979 to October 1981 the total amounted to 32,718 new jobs.