§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the total numbers of employees in employment at the most recent date for which figures are available and in 1974, 1978, 1981 and 1984, respectively, for (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in (i) Scotland, (ii) each Scottish region and (iii) each district council area in Strathclyde region; and if he will give the figures in terms of the standard industrial classification used in censuses of employment in 1968 and 1980.
§ Mr. YoungerThe available estimates of the total numbers of full and part time employees in employment, in thousands, are set out in the following tables. The estimates for areas within Scotland are based on figures for employment office areas; estimates for 1984 and 1985 are provisional.
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June 1974 June 1978 September 1981 June 1984 March 1985 Scotland Full time 1,748.3 1,694.5 1,593.0 1,484 1,463 Part time 335.7 372.0 397.7 445 456 Borders Full time 32.0 30.6 28.5 Part time 6.3 7.8 7.7 Central Full time 93.0 92.9 88.1 Part time 15.9 18.5 19.4 Dumfries and Galloway Full time 40.5 40.7 41.7 Part time 8.0 9.3 11.0 Fife Full time 107.9 103.2 96.5 Part time 18.7 21.9 22.9 Grampian Full time 133.9 142.1 155.7 Part time 31.0 37.0 41.0 Highland Full time 56.4 57.7 58.2 Part time 10.9 13.5 14.4 Lothian Full time 256.1 258.7 252.0 Part time 61.0 65.2 67.2 Strathclyde Full time 886.7 819.2 718.4 Part time 149.6 161.9 168.0 Tayside Full time 129.1 130.3 119.8 Part time 31.1 31.7 33.1
District Councils in Strathclyde Region September 1981 Full time Part time Argyll and Bute 15.2 4.8 Bearsden and Milngavie 4.3 2.3 Clydebank 9.8 2.6 Clydesdale 12.1 3.5 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 10.7 2.7 Cumnock and Doon Valley 10.9 1.9 Cunninghame 29.9 6.3 Dumbarton 20.7 4.7 East Kilbride 21.0 4.6 Eastwood 5.3 2.5 Glasgow City 305.7 71.1 Hamilton 23.7 8.5 Inverclyde 30.0 6.0 Kilmarnock and Loudon 22.1 5.1 Kyle and Carrick 34.9 9.7 Monklands 22.5 5.6 Motherwell 47.7 7.2 Renfrew 72.4 14.3 Strathkelvin 19.2 4.5