§ Mr. MacKenzieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were unemployed in Scotland in 1979; and how this figure compares with the latest figures on a comparable basis.
§ Mr. RifkindA consistent set of unemployment figures since 1979 is available only from the seasonally adjusted series. On this basis, in May 1986 there were 339,600 unemployed people in Scotland compared to 150,400 in May 1979.
§ Mr. MacKenzieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young people aged 16 to 18 years were registered as unemployed at May 1979; and what is the latest comparable figure.
§ Mr. RifkindInformation on unemployment by age category is available in the House of Commons Library on a quarterly basis. A comparison between the latest and the May 1979 figures is not, however, possible because of changes in the intervening years in the way the statistics have been compiled.