§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons qualified as doctors, nurses and teachers, respectively, were registered as unemployed in Scotland in April of each year since 1977.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation is not available in the precise form requested. The following table gives the numbers of people in Scotland registered for employment in the specified occupations in March—the nearest month to April for which information is available—in each year since 1977.
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March of each year 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Numbers registered in Scotland for employment as Medical practitioners 19 28 43 37 45 State-registered and state-enrolled nurses and state-certified midwives 617 656 599 657 712 Teachers (primary and secondary) 570 946 1069 1103 1518