HC Deb 31 March 1983 vol 40 c230W
Mr. McTaggart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs have been lost in Glasgow since May 1979 in (a) the construction industry and (b) the engineering industry.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

There are no comprehensive statistics on job loss. However, the number of redundancies involving 10 or more workers notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the Glasgow travel-to-work area between 1 May 1979 and 31 December 1982, the latest date for which firm figures are available, in the construction industry was 6,741 and in the engineering industry 21,608.

Notes:

  1. (1) Engineering: Standard Industrial Classification Orders VII-XII.
  2. (2) Construction: Standard Industrial Classification Order XX.
  3. (3) The Glasgow travel- to-work area comprises the 12 employment offices within Glasgow city, together with the Barrhead, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, East Kilbride, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch employment office areas.