§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the numbers and percentages of jobs lost, or gained, in Scotland between June 1979 and December 1986, or the latest month for which figures are available, in (a) all industries, (b) all manufacturing industries, (c) all service industries, (d) shipbuilding and repairing, (e) metal goods, engineering and vehicles, (f) mechanical engineering, (g) electrical electronic engineering and instrument engineering, (h) health, education and person social services, (i) retail distribution and (j) banking, insurance and finance.
§ Mr. RifkindInformation about job gains and losses is not available from the Department of Employment's statistics, but an indication of the net changes can be seen by comparing levels of employment at June 1979 and June 1986, the latest date for which estimates are available.
Comparable Scottish estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in the shipbuilding and repairing, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering and instrument engineering industries are not available for June 1979 or June 1986. The available information is given in the following table.
Employees in employment in Scotland: net changes between June 1979 and June 1986 Net change 1980 SIC Industry Number Per cent. 0–9 All industries and services -216,000 -10 2–4 All manufacturing industries -192,000 -32 6–9 All services industries +34,000 +3 3 Metal goods, engineering and vehicles -76,000 -30 93–99 Education, health and other services +31,000 +8 64/65 Retail distribution -9,000 -5 8 Banking, insurance and finance +33,000 +27