§ Mr. McMahonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the numbers of disabled persons registered at the employment offices throughout the Glasgow area, expressed as a percentage of the total number of unemployed in Glasgow.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherOn 7 January 1983 there were 4,572 unemployed disabled persons registered for employment at jobcentres and careers offices throughout the Glasgow travel-to-work area; this represented 4.6 per cent. of the total number of unemployed claimants in the area in January.
Note: The Glasgow travel-to-work area comprises the 13 employment office areas within Glasgow city together with the Barrhead, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, East Kilbride, Kilsyth and kirkintilloch employment office areas.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many builders were unemployed in (a) the Edinburgh travel-to-work area and (b) Scotland at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe industrial analysis of unemployed registrants was last completed on 13 May 1982 and has since been discontinued. At that date, the numbers of persons registered as unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area and in Scotland who were last employed in the construction industry were 4,161 and 46,521, respectively.
Note: The Edinburgh travel-to-work area comprises the employment office areas of Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello, Dalkeith, Loanhead, Musselburgh and Penicuik.