§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of people in Dundee employed in North sea oil-related activities in each year since 1980.
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Number of Dwellings District Local Authority New Towns SSHA HA and privately owned 30 September 1 April 1979 1983 1979 1983 1979 1984 1979 1984 Scotland 893,541 874,460 53,162 50,183 90,114 90,798 909,980 994,106 Berwickshire 2,865 2,728 — — 10 8 5,392 5,660 Ettrick and Lauderdale 4,982 4,730 — — 850 891 8,130 8,787 Roxburgh 6,266 6,097 — — 1,081 995 8,137 8,563 Tweeddale 1,628 1,567 — — 307 269 4,302 4,626 Clackmannan 9,652 9,361 — — 1,937 1,848 5,755 6,913 Falkirk 33,530 32,816 — — 3,183 3,257 15,186 19,792 Stirling 13,140 13,156 — — 509 490 14,405 16,558 Annandale and Eskdale 4,958 5,065 — — 169 149 8,685 9,425 Nithsdale 8,589 8,227 — — 642 513 12,279 13,532 Stewartry 2,545 2,458 — — 27 21 7,117 7,767 Wigtown 4,709 4,610 — — 2 — 7,247 7,885 Dunfermline 23,200 21,689 — — 5,297 4,558 16,677 22,732 Kirkcaldy 26,593 25,519 8,985 8,746 2,719 2,596 18,094 23,910 North East Fife 7,999 7,459 — — — — 17,965 20,738 City of Aberdeen 38,268 38,808 — — 2,819 2,396 42,243 47,904 Banff and Buchan 12,651 12,637 — — 738 773 17,895 20,073 Gordon 6,095 5,808 — — 450 227 16,888 20,936 Kincardine and Deeside 3,626 3,485 — — 534 455 12,020 14,180 Moray 10,606 10,947 — — 326 385 20,006 22,343 Badenoch and Strathspey 1,071 1,104 — — 4 2 3,242 3,805 Caithness 4,302 4,023 — — 244 214 5,994 6,661 Inverness 7,013 6,936 — — 1,499 1,401 12,334 14,693 Lochaber 3,367 3,403 — — 335 314 4,008 4,423 Nairn 1,109 1,100 — — 225 195 2,484 2,808 Ross and Cromarty 6,255 6,188 — — 503 472 11,122 12,155 Skye and Lochalsh 700 736 — — — — 4,172 4,565 Sutherland 1,731 1,690 — — — — 4,516 4,672 East Lothian 16,248 15,658 — — 1,269 1,290 12,890 15,111 City of Edinburgh 56,848 54,359 — — 2,295 2,132 122,081 130,236 Midlothian 13,162 12,473 — — 4,383 3,975 11,331 13,184 West Lothian 22,531 21,693 10,218 10,665 3,833 3,521 10,892 15,756 Argyll and Bute 8,300 8,320 — — 410 409 21,104 21,391 Bearsden and Milngavie 1,827 1,818 — — 96 72 11,494 12,144 Clydebank 11,825 11,781 — — 2,967 3,085 4,619 4,190
§ Mr. Allan StewartEmployment in companies in Dundee identified by the Manpower Services Commission as being wholly related to North sea oil and gas activity is estimated to have been as follows:
June Number 1983 1,285 1982 1,239 1981 745 1980 730 Source: Manpower Services Commission and Industry Department for Scotland.