§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will indicate the percentage unemployment in the Stirling constituency for each month since January 1983.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested is not available for parliamentary constituencies. However, unemployment percentage rates for the Stirling travel-to-work area from January 1983 to March 1987 (the latest date for which information is available) were as shown in the table below.
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Unemployment Rates—Stirling Travel-to-Work Area 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 January 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.9 14.2 February 13.8 14.0 14.1 14.6 14.1 March 13.5 13.5 13.9 14.1 13.5 April 13.3 13.0 13.8 13.9 — May 12.9 12.6 13.9 13.6 — June 12.3 12.7 13.7 13.6 — July 12.7 12.7 13.8 13.5 — August 12.7 21.8 13.7 13.3 — September 13.5 14.3 14.0 13.3 — October 13.5 14.0 13.7 13.2 — November 13.4 14.0 14.0 13.7 — December 13.4 13.8 14.0 13.6 — Due to various changes in the compilation of the statistics during the period these figures are not directly comparable.
This information is available in the Library.
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the food processing industry;
(2) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the clothing and textile industry;
(3) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the computer construction industry;
(4) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the construction industry;
(5) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the distribution industry;
(6) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979 in the engineering industry;
(7) how many jobs have been created and how many lost in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency in each year since June 1979.
§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many qualified teachers are presently unemployed in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation about numbers of unemployed teachers is not available.