§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the estimated numbers of school leavers in each of the Scottish new towns in 1982.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThis information is not held centrally and could not be obtained without disproportionate expense.
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the levels of unemployment, expressed as a percentage, for each of the travel-to-work areas which include the five Scottish new towns.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the following table:
New town Travel-to-work area Unemployment percentage rate in January 1982 East Kilbride Glasgow 16.5 Cumbernauld Glenrothes Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, Leven 14.7 Livingston Bathgate, Broxburn, Livingston 20.7 Irvine Irvine, Kilwinning, Saltcoats 24.7 Note
The Glasgow travel-to-work areas comprise the 13 offices in Glasgow city together with the Barrhead, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, East Kilbride, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch employment office areas.
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§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the net gain or loss of jobs in each of the Scottish new towns for 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation on net gains or losses of jobs in industry for the years requested is set out in the table below. Information on total employment is not available for all the Scottish new towns for these years, nor do these figures record the new jobs associated with announcements of new developments made in the course of each year.
Net gains or losses of jobs in industry in Scottish new towns 1979 1980 1981 Cumbernauld +453 +194 -1,123 East Kilbride +995 -926 -3,251 Glenrothes +88 -365 -997 Irvine +247 -239 -2,339 Livingston +691 -35 -526 Sources
Annual reports of the Cumbernauld, East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Irvine, and Livingston development corporations.
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers of young persons on Manpower Services Commission programmes for unemployed youths in each of the Scottish new towns.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation on young people participating in the youth opportunities programme is maintained on a regional authority basis and the analysis requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.