HC Deb 31 January 1983 vol 36 cc44-5W
Mr. Norman Hogg

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs in the engineering industry have been created and how many have been lost in each year since May 1979 in each of the Scottish new towns.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

The numbers of jobs created and jobs lost in the engineering industry are set out in the following table.

1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Cumbernauld
Jobs created 170 121 97
Jobs lost 209 662 744
East Kilbride
Jobs created 408 259 450
Jobs lost 818 3,830 600
Glenrothes
Jobs created 413 296 280
Jobs lost 122 392 472
Irvine
Jobs created 197 43 70
Jobs lost 802 714 478
Livingston
Jobs created 296 431 206
Jobs lost 649 378 416

Mr. Norman Hogg

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs have been created and how many lost in each year since May 1979 in each of the Scottish new towns.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

This information is not available. However, the numbers of jobs created and jobs lost in industry are set out in the following table.

1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Cumbernauld
Jobs created 806 512 544
Jobs lost 611 1662 1816
East Kilbride
Jobs created 599 587 874
Jobs lost 915 4437 1310
Glenrothes
Jobs created 914 706 758
Jobs lost 624 1933 915
Irvine
Jobs created 1208 224 439
Jobs lost 1369 2576 1187
Livingston
Jobs created 930 607 601
Jobs lost 965 1133 1108