§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the rate of increase between April 1979 and April 1982 in the number of persons registered as unemployed for more than 52 weeks for (i) Scotland and (ii) each district in Scotland.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation on the duration of unemployment in local authority districts in Scotland is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The following table gives the information requested for Scotland and for each region and island authority area in Scotland.
Percentage increase between April 1979 and April 1982 in numbers registered as unemployed for more than 52 weeks percentage increase Scotland 140.1 Borders 227.3 Central 225.3 Dumfries and Galloway 94.6 Fife 130.0 Grampian 96.8 Highland 90.0 Lothian 133.1 Strathclyde 145.3 Tayside 125.9 Orkney 175.0 Shetland 76.9 Western Isles 174.7
§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the rate of increase between April 1979 and April 1982 in the number of persons registered as unemployed for more than two years for (i) Scotland and (ii) each district in Scotland.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation on duration of unemployment in local authority districts in Scotland is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The following table gives the information requested for Scotland and for each region and island authority area in Scotland.
Percentage increase between April 1979 and April 1982 in numbers registered as unemployed for more than 2 years percentage increase Scotland 94.0 Borders 562 Central 94.6 Dumfries and Galloway 50.6 Fife 83.3 Grampian 71.5 Highland 93.9 Lothian 65.8 Strathclyde 102.9 Tayside 96.8 Orkney 171.9 Shetland 84.2 Western Isles 80.0