§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many manufacturing jobs were (a) lost and (b) created in Scotland in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested, for the period up to 1981–82, is available from the Scottish Manufacturing Establishments Record* and is set out in the table.
Year Gross employment decrease (Thousands) Gross employment increase (Thousands) Net change in employment (Thousands) 1974–75 66 34 -32 1975–76 63 37 -26 1976–77 39 41 +2 1977–78 46 29 -17 1978–79 30 23 -7 1979–80 60 17 -43 1980–81 79 19 -60 1981–82 59 25 -34 NOTE: Provisional estimates of the net changes in employees in employment in manufacturing are available from Department of Employment. For 1982–83 and 1983–84 there were decreases of 31,000 and 10,000 respectively.
* The Scottish Manufacturing Establishments Record (SCOMER) covers all manufacturing units in Scotland with 11 or more employees.