HC Deb 17 November 1987 vol 122 c534W
94. Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total number of unemployed people by age group for each year since 1979 in(a) Edinburgh and (b) Edinburgh, South constituency.

Mr. Lang

Unemployment statistics for local authority districts and parliamentary constituencies are available only as from June 1983. The number of unemployed claimants by age group in the city of Edinburgh district and Edinburgh, South parliamentary constituency in July of each year from 1983 to 1987 was as shown in the table.

Information for the years prior to 1969 is not readily available.

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