§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of people currently unemployed in each of the four cities in Scotland; what percentage unemployment rates these represent; and how many people have been unemployed for one year or more in each case.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the precise form requested.
On 8 January, the total number of unemployed claimants and those who had been unemployed for more than one year in each of the 4 Scottish cities was as shown in the table below.
Number of unemployed claimants Area Total More than one year Aberdeen Local Authority District 12,218 2,686 Dundee Local Authority District 15,448 6,686 Edinburgh Local Authority District 28,903 11,035 Glasgow Local Authority District 78,707 39,015 Unemployment rates are not available for local authority districts.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of people unemployed in each of the four cities in terms of the primary manufacturing, services and construction sectors.
§ Mr. LangI regret that information on the number of unemployed according to the industry in which they last worked is no longer available. The industrial analysis of unemployed registrants was discontinued in May 1982.