HC Deb 05 February 1986 vol 91 c165W
Sir Russell Johnston

asked the Secretry of State for Scotland if he will publish a list showing the number and percentage of unemployed persons in each employment district in the Highland region as at the most recent date that figures are available and also the figures for the same time of year in each of the last 10 years.

Unemployed Registrants
Travel-to-work area
Dingwall Fort William Inverness Nairn Portree Thurso Wick
per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent.
January 1976 954 6.8 472 6.1 1,826 5.4 199 7.9 274 14.8 603 9.9 961 11.6
January 1977 1,576 11.4 648 8.0 2,158 5.8 179 7.0 232 9.4 632 9.9 1,014 11.6
January 1978 1,863 14.0 731 9.4 2,711 7.7 236 8.3 372 13.5 705 11.2 1,093 12.7
January 1979 1,932 14.5 742 9.6 2,613 7.4 260 9.2 528 19.1 692 11.0 1,218 14.1
January 1980 1,744 13.1 748 9.6 3,031 8.6 325 11.4 503 18.2 671 10.7 1,066 12.3
January 1981 1,615 12.1 1,198 15.4 3,404 9.6 444 15.6 502 18.2 731 11.7 1,198 13.9
January 1982 2,361 17.7 1,497 19.3 4,181 11.8 467 16.4 672 21.4 859 13.7 1,442 16.7
October 1982 2,624 19.7 1,286 16.6 3,789 10.7 399 14.0 548 19.9 863 13.8 1,364 15.8

Unemployed Claimants (Jobcentre based)
Travel-to-work area
Dingwall Fort William Inverness Nairn Portree Thurso Wick
per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent.
October 1982 2,598 19.5 1,472 19.0 3,312 9.4 396 13.9 417 15.1 883 14.1 1,217 14.1
January 1983 2,864 21.5 1,801 23.2 4,065 11.5 453 15.9 591 21.4 973 15.5 1,361 15.8
January 1984 2,385 17.9 1,831 23.6 4,517 12.8 455 16.0 626 22.7 968 15.4 1,289 14.9

Unemployed Claimants (ward based)
Travel-to-work area
Badenoch Invergordon and Dingwall Inverness Lochaber Skye and Wester Ross Sutherland Thurso Wick
per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent.
January 1984 663 18.1 2,111 14.8 4,009 10.9 1,644 20.7 1,125 23.8 790 20.2 776 12.7 766 16.4
January 1985 723 19.8 3,522 24.6 4,594 12.5 1,799 22.6 1,116 23.6 1,011 25.9 836 13.7 897 19.2
January 1986 729 20.0 3,226 22.6 5,014 13.6 866 23.5 1,185 25.1 959 24.6 806 13.2 884 18.9

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