§ 14. Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of those unemployed for more than one year in Scotland and what was the corresponding figure in May 1979.
§ Mr. Allan StewartAt 13 October 1983, the latest date for which information is available, the number of claimants in Scotland who had been unemployed for over 52 weeks was 124,319.
Figures for April 1979 were compiled on the basis of registrants and therefore not comparable; the number of registrants who had been unemployed for over 52 weeks at 5 April 1979 was 45,578.
25. Mr. Ron Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the present rate of unemployment in Scotland; and how many people under the age of 25 years are out of work.
§ Mr. Allan StewartAt 12 January 1984, the latest date for which information is available the unemployment rate was 15.8 per cent. At 13 October 1983, the latest date on which unemployment figures were analysed by age, a total of 141,550 people under 25 years of age were claiming unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. George Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the total (a) numbers of persons unemployed, b) percentage rates of unemployment and (c) numbers of vacancies for the Hamilton, Blantyre and Uddingston jobcentre areas for the last month for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is shown in the table:
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Unemployment and vacancies in the Hamilton, Blantyre and Uddingston jobcentre areas in January 1984. Number Hamilton number of claimants 4,626 percentage rate 21.2 per cent.
Number number of vacancies notified to jobcentres remaining unfilled 152 Blantyre number of claimants 2,035 percentage rate 21.2 per cent. number of vacancies notified to jobcentres remaining unfilled 30 Uddingston number of claimants 1,849 percentage rate 21.2 per cent. number of vacancies notified to jobcentres remaining unfilled 29 Notes:
- 1. Hamilton, Blantyre and Uddingston are all part of the North
Unemployment Hamilton jobcentre area Blantyre jobcentre area Uddingston jobcentre area North Lanarkshire travel-to-work area Percentage Total unemployed Total unemployed Total unemployed rate of unemployment Registrants January 1981 4,447 1,829 1,495 17.9 June 1981 4,590 1,957 1,459 18.9 January 1982 4,933 2,249 1,618 20.5 June 1982 4,831 2,026 1,735 20.5 Claimants January 1983 4,790 2,136 1,857 20.8 June 1983 4,437 2,054 1,711 19.5 Note:
The north Lanarkshire travel-to-work area comprises the following jobcentre areas: Airdrie, Bellshill, Blantyre, Coatbridge, Hamilton, Larkhall, Motherwell, Shorts, Uddingston and Wishaw.