§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people came on to the unemployment register in Scotland for each month during the period June 1982 to June 1983.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe following table gives the numbers of claimants joining and leaving the unemployment register in Scotland in the period between the count dates from September 1982 to June 1983.
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Inflow (000s) Outflow (000s) 10 September—14 October 53.4 54.3 15 October—11 November 40.3 38.3 12 November—9 December 35.1 31.0
Inflow (000s) Outflow (000s) 10 December 1982—13 January 1983 49.0 29.5 14 January—10 February 36.5 41.9 11 February—10 March 32.8 38.7 11 March—14 April 43.7 47.9 15 April—12 May 32.9 44.0 13 May—9 June 35.9 38.3 This information became available with the introduction last autumn of the computer-based unemployment count and comparable data for the earlier period are not available.