§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the companies and firms which have closed down in Dundee since 1979.
§ Mr. LangNo; comprehensive information is not available, and details of individual companies cannot be disclosed for reasons of confidentiality.
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§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland in how many instances since 1979 the Manpower Services Commission was notified of redundancies in Dundee; and how many jobs were involved.
§ Mr. LangThere are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies. The following information relates to the number of redundancies, affecting 10 or more workers, notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the Dundee travel-to-work area during the period January 1980 to December 1986. The number of reports received was 306, confirming 16,712 redundancies.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the number of people unemployed in Dundee as per standard industrial classification order when such figures were last available.
§ Mr. LangInformation for May 1982 is given in the table below. It cannot be provided for any later date because the industrial analysis on which it is based was then discontinued.
Number of unemployed registrants in the Dundee Jobcentre area in May 1982 Industry in which previously employed (1968 Standard Industrial Classification) Number 1. Agriculture, forestry, fishing 204 2. Mining and quarrying 88 3. Food, drink and tobacco 571 4. Coal and petroleum products 10 5. Chemicals and allied industries 34 6. Metal manufacture 125 7. Mechanical engineering 149 8. Instrument engineering 608 9. Electrical engineering 270 10. Shipbuilding and marine engineering 349 11. Vehicles 28 12. Metal goods not elsewhere specified 92 13. Textiles 1,619 14. Leather, leather goods and fur 5 15. Clothing and footwear 125 16. Bricks, pottery, glass, cement 25 17. Timber, furniture etc. 137 18. Paper, printing and publishing 214 19. Other manufacturing 122 20. Construction 1,531 21. Gas, electricity and water 55 22. Transport and communications 516 23. Distributive trade 1,525 24. Insurance, banking, etc. 175 25. Professional and scientific services 723 26. Miscellaneous services 1,528 27. Public administration and defence 826 — None or not classified by industry 3,417 Total 15,071
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the number of people unemployed in Dundee by age group; and what were the corresponding figures in 1979.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the precise form requested. The number of unemployed claimants by age group in the city of Dundee district on 14 July 1983 and on 9 October 1986 (the earliest and most recent dates for which such information can be provided) was as shown in the table below. As a result of the change in the timing of the count in March 1986, these figures cannot be directly compared.
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City of Dundee district Age group July 1983 October 1986 Under 17 315 330 17 711 604 18 930 682 19 805 759 20 to 24 3,365 3,365 25 to 29 2,090 2,256 30 to 34 1,512 1,502 35 to 39 1,219 1,295 40 to 44 973 993 45 to 49 1,019 916 50 to 54 1,102 1,054 55 to 59 1,209 1,166 60 and over 384 207 TOTAL ALL AGES 15,634 15,129 This information is available in the Library.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in Dundee have currently been unemployed for one year or more; and what was the corresponding figure in 1979.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the precise form requested. The number of claimants who had been unemployed for one year or more in the city of Dundee district on 14 July 1983 and on 9 October 1986 (the earliest and most recent dates for which such information can be provided) was 5,797 and 6,686 respectively. As a result of the change in the timing of the count in March 1986, these figures cannot be directly compared.
This information is available in the Library.