§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many firms in Dundee have notified their closure to the Manpower Services Commission during each year for the years 1977 to 1981 and what is the figure to date for 1982; and, for each year, what has been the number of redundancies incurred by the closures.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherComprehensive information on redundancies and closures is not available. The 349W following table gives the numbers of instances of redundancy involving 10 or more workers and leading to closure of an establishment which have been notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in Dundee in each of the years since 1977, and the redundancies associated with these closures.
Year Instances of redundancy leading to closure Redundancies associated with closures 1977 9 880 1978 1 10 1979 3 157 1980 11 430 1981 13 483 1 January to 21 May 1982 1 *46 * Provisional.
Dundee Scotland Duration of unemployment Numbers registered as unemployed in April 1982 Percentage share Numbers registered as unemployed in April 1982 Percentage share Up to 6 months 5,699 37.3 142,537 43.0 Over 6 months and up to 1 year 3,810 25.0 79,272 23.9 Over 1 year and up to 2 years 3,469 22.7 66,569 20.1 Over 2 years and up to 3 years 1,007 6.6 21,127 6.4 Over 3 years 1,283 8.4 21,733 6.6 Total 15,268 100.0 331,238 100.0
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set out the current number of unemployed in Dundee by standard industrial classification.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherI refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Dundee, West (Mr. Ross) on 16 March 1982—[Vol. 20, c. 101–104.] The August 1981 analysis by industry remains the latest available.
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown of unemployment in Dundee by age group for the latest date available and show the corresponding figures for 1981.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the following table:
Numbers registered as unemployed in Dundee Age Group April 1982 April 1981 Under 18 years 1,250 1,057 18 to 24 years 4,592 4,313 25 to 34 years 3,763 3,539 35 to 44 years 2,065 1,787 45 to 59 years 2,996 2,530 60 years and over 602 610 TOTAL 15,268 13,836
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young people (a) under the age of 18 years and (b) under the age of 21 years in Dundee have never had a job since leaving school and are registered unemployed; and what percentage in each case of the total number of school leavers they represent.