§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the percentage increases in total unemployment
Percentage increasein unemployment Employment office area July 1980–81 January 1981–82 Males Females Total Males Females Total Edinburgh 1 29.6 21.2 26.2 39.1 50.6 43.5 Edinburgh 2 42.0 51.7 44.3 23.5 39.8 27.2 Edinburgh 3 48.1 58.2 51.9 30.5 50.3 36.5 Leith 37.9 36.1 37.4 22.9 26.6 23.8 Poitobello 46.8 31.5 43.0 28.1 21.8 26.6 Dalkeith 50.9 33.5 45.1 52.5 29.7 44.4 Loanhead 40.8 18.8 34.8 33.4 37.7 34.5 Musselburgh 58.5 43.4 53.3 23.0 22.3 22.8 Penicuik 39.4 12.4 26.4 42.4 15.0 30.9 Notes:
1. Edinburgh 1—South St. Andrew Street jobcentre.
Edinburgh 2—Shandwick Place jobcentre.
Edinburgh 3—Wester Hailes jobcentre.
2. The Musselburgh figures include the former Tranent employment office area which from 1 September 1981 has formed part of the Musselburgh employment office area.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people, males and females, respectively, were unemployed in each employment exchange area in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in January 1981 and January 1982.
Number registered as umemployed January 1981 January 1982 Males Females Total Males Females Total Edinburgh 1 3,098 1,945 5,043 4,308 2,930 7,238 Edinburgh 2 4,804 1,410 6,214 5,933 1,971 7,904 Edinburgh 3 752 326 1,078 981 490 1,471 Leith 3,045 886 1,078 981 490 1,471 Portobello 1,777 586 2,363 2,277 714 2,991 Dalkeith 1,275 706 1,981 1,945 916 2,861 Loanhead 664 220 884 886 303 1,189 Musselburgh 1,791 819 2,610 2,203 1,002 3,205 Penicuik 330 240 570 470 276 746 Notes:
1. Edinburgh 1—South St. Andrew Street jobcentre.
Edinburgh 2—Shandwick Place jobcentre.
Edinburgh 3—Wester Hailes jobcentre.
2. The Musselburgh figures include the former Tranent employment office area which from September 1981 has formed part of the Musselburgh employment office area.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the percentage increases in total unemployment in (a) the Edinburgh travel-to-work area and (b) Scotland from July 1980 to July 1981, and from January 1981 to January 1982.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the following table:
480Win each employment exchange in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area from July 1980 to July 1981, and from January 1981 to January 1982; and what are the respective figures for males and females.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the following table:
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the following table:
Percentage increase in total unemployment July 1980 to July 1981 January 1981 to January 1982 Edinburgh travel-to- work area 39.1 31.6 Scotland 34.7 20.9
§ Mr· Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the percentage rates of unemployment (a) for males, (b) for females and (c) in total in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area for June 1981 and January 1982.
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§ Mr· Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the following table:
Percentage rates of unemployment in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area Males Females Total June 1981 11.8 6.2 9.3 January 1982 14.3 7.7 11.4
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest available estimate of the number of (a) skilled construction workers and (b) workers whose last job was in the building industry who are unemployed (i) in the city of Edinburgh and (ii) in Scotland.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe following table gives the numbers of unemployed people who last worked in the construction industry and who on 13 August 1981—the latest date for which information is available—were registered at employment offices in (i) Edinburgh city and (ii) Scotland for work in each of the building trades listed.
Occupation Numbers registered Numbers registered Edinburgh city Scotland Carpenters and Joiners 199 3,497 Electricians 137 1,263 Cable jointers and linesmen 1 32 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 15 180 Plumbers, pipe fitters and gas fitters 48 1,385 Metal scaffolders 62 345 Other steel erectors, riggers and cable splicers 46 913 Painters and decorators 183 1,960 Bricklayers, masons and stone setters 105 2,215 Plasterers 32 544 Terazzo workers and tile setters 10 112 Roofers 55 720 Glaziers 13 171 General builders 1 10 Pipelayers and jointers 7 118 Site work concretors 4 66 Earth moving and civil engineering equipment operators 17 694 Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators 21 620 On the same date a total of 3,048 people who last worked in the construction industry were registered as unemployed in Edinburgh city and the comparable figure for Scotland was 48,475.