§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a list of travel-to-work areas showing the latest percentage unemployment in each; and if he will attach corresponding figures for October 1982, claimant based, and October 1982, registration based.
§ Mr. Allan StewartI refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend's letter of 22 October 1984. The information is available in the Library. It should be noted that the areas to which the latest available rates relate do not correspond with those for October 1982 because of the redefinition of the travel-to-work areas in August 1984.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the percentage increase in unemployment in Scotland over the past 10 years.
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§ Mr. Allan StewartThe percentage increase in unemployment in Scotland, based on annual averages between 1974 and 1984, is estimated to have been 330 per cent.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people under the age of 21 years in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Aberdeen and (e) Dundee have never had a job since leaving school.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is not available in the precise form requested. However, unemployment figures for school leavers, who are defined as people who have not entered employment since leaving full-time education, are available in the Library for the areas requested by the age categories of under 18, aged 18, aged 19 and over.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many school leavers were unemployed in Scotland in January 1984 and January 1985.
§ Mr. Allan StewartI refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend's letter of 22 October 1984. The information requested is available in the Library.