§ Mr. Macdonaldasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of people unemployed in the Western Isles, by sex, who are (a) under 25 years, (b) between 25 years and 35 years, (c) between 35 and 50 years and (d) over 50 years.
§ Mr. LangThe number of unemployed claimants is as follows.
Western Isles constituency July 1987 Age group Males Females Total Under 25 307 232 539 25 to 34 262 115 377 35 to 49 450 97 547 50 and over 405 65 470 All ages 1,424 509 1,933 This information is available in the Library.
§ Mr. Doranasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all closures that have resulted in 25 or more redundancies in the Aberdeen constituency in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested cannot be provided since details of closures and redundancies confirmed by individual companies are provided to the Manpower Services Commission in confidence.