§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the percentage unemployment rate in textiles in Dundee in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information is set out in the attached table:
Unemployment rate in the textile industry in Dundee Date Percentage May 1978 14.6 May 1979 13.7 May 1980 13.6 May 1981 21.8 May 1982 20.5 Note:
The percentages are based on the 1977 census of employment and are subject to revision when later census results become available.
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§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of people employed in the textile industry in Dundee in each year since 1975.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherProvisional estimates of employment in the textile industry in Dundee are:
Number 1975 7,899 1976 7,051 1977 6,751 1978 6,112 1979 6,138 1980 5,148 1981 4,327 Note:
These estimates are based on the Scottish manufacturing establishments record, and relate to units employing 11 or more persons in order 13 of the Standard Industrial Classification.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of jobs lost in textiles in Dundee in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherComprehensive information on job losses is not available. The table below shows the numbers of jobs involved in redundancies affecting 10 or more workers which were notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the textile industry in Dundee in each year since 1979.
Year Jobs lost through redundancies 1979 181 1980 1,950 1981 523 1982 (to end August) 329