§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the latest level of unemployment for those areas in Scotland still retaining development area status.
§ Mr. LangThe level of unemployment on 10 September 1987 in each of the travel-to-work areas in Scotland which have development area status is shown in the table.
Travel-to-work areas Percentage Unemployment Rate Unemployed Claimants Arbroath 19.5 1,622 Bathgate 17.4 8,603 Cumnock and Sanquhar 28.2 4,352 Dumbarton 20.0 5,458 Dundee 15.2 14,742 Glasgow 16.9 106,002 Greenock 19.3 9,047 Irvine 22.1 10,845 Kilmarnock 17.1 5,374 Lanarkshire 18.6 29,966