§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland in which years since 1950 the numbers of 19W vacancies for employment exceeded the numbers registered as unemployed in Glasgow, taking the June figure to represent the annual figure in each case.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher[pursuant to his reply, 17 June 1982, c. 339]: Information is readily available only from June 1961, and could be provided for the earlier period only at disproportionate cost. Since June 1961 the numbers of unfilled vacancies at employment offices and careers offices in the Glasgow travel-to-work area have at no time exceeded the numbers registered as unemployed. The measure of vacancies covers vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and remaining unfilled on the day of the count only and does not purport to be a measure of all vacancies in the area.
Table I: Numbers registered as unemployed for over 52 weeks and up to two years. 1979 1980 1981 1982 Region/Island Authority *January April July October January April July October January April July October January April Borders 330 134 141 146 154 132 139 129 181 211 307 479 615 673 Central 1,547 803 1,049 755 793 728 711 802 1,075 1,381 2,002 2,709 3,218 3,553 Dumfries and Galloway 1,269 603 580 542 560 591 642 722 882 927 1,016 1,216 1,381 1,470 Fife 2,204 1,234 974 1,021 1,072 1,092 1,191 1,324 1,556 1,799 2,321 2,862 3,217 3,286 Grampian 1,246 1,100 902 955 868 700 695 867 1,061 1,193 1,451 1,734 2,149 2,315 Highland 1,247 800 1,279 801 951 877 758 824 965 953 1,062 1,152 1,420 1,499 Lothian 5,233 2,749 2,710 2,791 2,831 2,495 2,612 2,886 3,405 3,948 5,307 6,470 7,507 8,176 Strathclyde 27,197 13,946 14,598 14,209 14,282 14,356 15,423 17,612 21,370 24,530 30,402 36,447 40,007 40,238 Tayside 3,122 1,973 1,672 1,673 1,735 1,546 1,768 2,017 2,387 2,739 3,416 4,371 4,748 4,900 Orkney 67 44 46 49 53 54 56 64 83 91 96 104 118 122 Shetland 44 20 22 23 17 15 14 14 19 22 26 28 35 34 Western Isles 166 81 361 124 220 207 185 168 170 183 195 263 326 303 * Note: the January 1979 analysis did not identify separately those registered for over 2 years. The figures therefore include all registered for over 52 weeks.
Table II: Numbers registered as unemployed for over two years. 1979 1980 1981 1982 Region/Island Authority *January April July October January April July October January April July October January April Borders n/a 137 132 136 120 125 127 130 141 143 159 176 202 214 Central n/a 720 1,052 752 720 726 760 771 801 829 929 1,063 1,223 1,401 Dumfries and Galloway n/a 674 647 634 656 688 700 679 757 804 868 970 965 1,015 Fife n/a 959 1,157 1,155 1,090 1,027 1,092 1,124 1,188 1,248 1,342 1,482 1,618 1,758 Grampian n/a 592 509 550 568 549 575 563 625 667 746 847 935 1,015 Highland n/a 525 965 571 627 625 667 726 812 810 830 947 1,005 1,018 Lothian n/a 2,625 2,546 2,602 2,719 2,664 2,658 2,768 2,807 2,928 3,249 3,618 3,973 4,353 Strathclyde n/a 14,198 15,537 14,270 15,111 15,892 16,475 17,526 18,720 19,329 21,713 24,057 25,884 28,810 Tayside n/a 1,525 1,585 1,507 1,634 1,683 1,760 1,892 1,976 1,982 2,197 2,530 2,651 3,001 Orkney n/a 32 42 43 40 38 36 40 49 57 63 72 80 87 Shetland n/a 19 21 21 21 24 23 25 25 26 27 27 29 35 Western Isles n/a 85 269 80 73 78 86 93 138 133 118 145 136 153 * Note: the January 1979 analysis did not identify separately those registered for over 2 years.