HC Deb 10 November 1982 vol 31 c166W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons registered for employment as medical practitioners, qualified nurses and teachers, respectively, were unemployed in June in each of the last five years.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The information is set out in the following table:

Unemployed people in Scotland registered for employment as
Occupation June 1978 June 1979 June 1980 June 1981 June 1982
Medical practitioners 29 35 28 48 89
State-registered and State-enrolled nurses and State-certified midwives 646 564 606 806 927
Primary and secondary school teachers 825 962 971 1,612 2,623