§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a numerical and percentage breakdown of those unemployed for one year or over in Scotland by age group for (a) males and (b) both sexes.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the following table:
Numbers registered as unemployed for over 52 weeks—Scotland Age Group Males Percentage share Total Males and Females Percentage share Under 18 1,114 1.3 1,911 1.7 18 1,692 2.0 2,682 2.5 19 3,740 4.4 5,809 5.3 20–24 14,706 17.5 20,864 19.1 25–29 10,880 12.9 14,217 13.0 30–34 9,185 10.9 11,376 10.4 35–44 14,354 17.0 17,510 16.0 45–49 6,810 8.1 8,716 8.0 50–54 6,869 8.2 9,013 8.2 55–59 7,218 8.6 9.569 8.7 60 and over 7,624 9.1 7,762 7.1 Total 84,192 100.0 109,429 100.0