§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, with regard to unemployment in Dundee, he will state (a) the current total, and numbers of males and females unemployed, the respective percentage rates and the corresponding information for May 1979, (b) the percentage increase in the numerical number of both the total unemployed and male unemployed since May 1979, (c) the percentage unemployment rate by Standard Industrial Classification order where available and (d) the ratio of total number of unemployed to job vacancies and the corresponding figure for May 1979.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe available information is set out in the following tables:
Table 1 Numbers registered as unemployed in Dundee May 1982 Per cent. May 1979 Per cent. Males 10,040 18.3 5,135 9.3 Female 5,031 11.7 2,974 7.2 Total 15,071 15.4 8,109 8.4
Table 2 Percentage increase in unemployment in Dundee: May 1979 to May 1982 Per cent. Males 95.5 Total 85.9 216W
Table 3 Unemployment percentage rates by standard industrial classification in Dundee—May 1982
Industry Group Per cent. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 18.9 Mining and Quarrying 30.3 Food, Drink and Tobacco 22.4 Coal and Petroleum Products 4.5 Chemicals and Allied Industries 28.3 Metal Manufacture 25.6 Mechanical Engineering 5.6 Instrument Engineering 8.6 Electrical Engineering 11.7 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 26.6 Vehicles 31.8 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 8.7 Textiles 20.5 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 9.3 Clothing and Footwear 14.3 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 14.0 Timber, Furniture, etc. 12.4 Paper, Printing and Publishing 6.0 Other Manufacturing Industries 7.8 Construction 22.1 Gas, Electricity and Water 5.3 Transport and Communication 9.6 Distributive Trades 13.0 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 6.8 Professional and Scientific Services 4.1 Miscellaneous Services 18.0
Industry Group Per cent. Public Administration and Defence 11.4 Total 15.4
Table 4 Unfilled Vacancies notified in Dundee May 1982 May 1979 At employment office 366 787 At careers office 2 78
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a numerical and percentage breakdown of those unemployed for one year or over in Dundee (a) by Standard Industrial Classification order and (b) by age group for (i) males and (ii) females.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherAnalyses of the unemployment register by age and duration of unemployment and by standard industrial classification are carried out in different months. It is therefore not possible to provide an analysis by standard industrial classification of those registered as unemployed for more than one year. The following table gives an analysis by age group and sex of those registered as unemployed in Dundee on 15 April 1982 who had been on the unemployment register for more than one year.
Age group Males Percentage share Females Percentage share Under 18 59 1.4 46 3.1 18 59 1.4 32 2.1 19 238 5.6 147 9.8 20–24 737 17.3 316 21.1 25–29 644 15.1 213 14.2 30–34 524 12.3 137 9.2 35–44 732 17.2 197 15.2 45–49 349 8.2 109 7.3 50–54 315 7.4 126 8.4 55–59 342 8.0 160 10.7 60 and over 263 6.1 14 0.9 Total 4,262 100.0 1,497 100.0
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is now able to provide information on (a) the number of those unemployed by Standard Industrial Classification Order and (b) the number of registered vacancies by Standard Industrial Order in Dundee for May 1982.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the following table:
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Standard Industrial Classification Numbers registered as unemployed in Dundee in May 1982 Unfilled vacancies at Dundee Employment Office Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 204 — Mining and Quarrying 88 3 Food, Drink and Tobacco 571 20 Coal and Petroleum Products 10 — Chemicals and Allied Industries 34 2 Metal Manufacture 125 1 Mechanical Engineering 149 — Instrument Engineering 608 11 Electrical Engineering 270 2 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 349 1
Standard Industrial Classification Numbers registered as unemployed in Dundee in May 1982 Unfilled vacancies at Dundee Employment Office Vehicles 28 — Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 92 — Textiles 1,619 4 Leather, leather goods and fur 5 — Clothing and Footwear 125 9 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. 25 — Timber, Furniture etc. 137 1 Paper, printing and publishing 214 1 Other manufacturing industries 122 3 Construction 1,531 50 Gas, electricity and water 55 — Transport and communication 516 14 Distributive trades 1,525 63 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 175 14 Professional and Scientific Services 723 30 Miscellaneous Services 1,528 84 Public Administration and Defence 826 53 Not classified by industry 3,417 — Total 15,071 366 Notes: The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to the employment office in Dundee and remaining unfilled on the day of the count. They do not purport to be a measure of all vacancies in the economy. There were 2 unfilled vacancies at the Careers Office in Dundee, both in the Food, Drink and Tobacco Industry.