§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are his projections of youth unemployment for the years 1987 to 2000; and what estimate he has of the likely impact of youth training schemes in reducing unemployment for those in the age bracket 16 to 20 years.
§ Mr. LangThe Government make no projections of youth unemployment. It is known, however, that there will be a demographic decline in the number of young adults up until the mid-1990s.
No young people up to the age of 18 need be unemployed, as they are guaranteed a place on YTS. YTS is, however, a training rather than an employment measure and its purpose is to provide training to equip young people for entry into the labour market.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of(a) people registered as unemployed in Scotland for each month between June 1979 and December 1987, (b) employees in employment in Scotland for each month between June 1979 and December 1987 and (c) occupied places on special training and temporary work programmes in Scotland for each month between June 1979 and December 1987.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the precise form requested.
Table 1 shows the number of unemployed claimants in Scotland between June 1979 and December 1987. Due to changes which have taken place in the compilation of the statistics since 1979 these figures are not comparable over the whole period. This information is available in the Library.
Table 2 shows the number of employees in employment in Scotland on a quarterly basis from June 1979 to September 1987 (the latest date for which information is available). This information is also available in the Library.
Table 3 gives available data on filled places for YTS and the community programme and Table 4 on starts on adult training schemes.
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Table 2 Unemployed claimants: Scotland (not adjusted for seasonal factors) thousands 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 March — 2,073.8 1,998.1 1,932.6 1,879.2 1,879.8 1,892.2 1,875.0 1,862.4 June 2,102.3 2,082.3 2,001.8 1,950.1 1,899.0 1,901.2 1,904.1 1,887.7 1,886.4 September 2,107.8 2,068.9 1,985.3 1,931.9 1,898.6 1,903.9 1,912.4 1,885.9 1,881.8 December 2,094.1 2,036.8 1,958.3 1,903.2 1,890.8 1,902.0 1,897.5 1,874.6 —
Table 3 YTS and Community Programme Filled Places: Scotland YTS Community programme March 1984 29,433 15,525 December 1984 32,321 17,537 December 1985 31,019 24,177 December 1986 34,201 31,689 1987 April 36,805 30,006 May 35,813 30,076 June 39,341 29,921 July 40,330 29,828 August 43,568 30,403 September 45,658 30,826 October 45,486 30,687 November 45,034 30,443 December 43,706 30,147
Table 4 Adult Training Starts: Scotland Number 1985–86 22,745 1986–87 42,005 1987 April-June 10,316 July 3,425 August 3,558 September 4,467 October 6,253 November 5,237 December 3,157
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total number of employees in(a) full-time employment and (b) part-time employment in Scotland for each month between June 1979 and December 1987.
§ Mr. LangMonthly estimates of employees in employment in Scotland are not available. The table gives quarterly estimates, which have not been adjusted for seasonal variation. The number of male part-time employees is only available from the census of employment: it was 58,000 in June 1978, 59,000 in September 1981, and 61,000 in September 1984.
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Employees in employment in Scotland (not seasonally adjusted) Thousands Males all Females full-time Females part-time 1979 June 1,205 565 332 September 1,205 571 331 December 1,197 563 334
Males all Females full-time Females part-time 1980 March 1,184 560 330 June 1,186 561 335 September 1,178 558 332 December 1,158 547 332 1981 March 1,133 535 330 June 1,128 538 336 September 1,113 534 338 December 1,095 526 338 1982 March 1,084 517 332 June 1,090 523 337 September 1,083 508 340 December 1,067 502 334 1983 March 1,055 495 329 June 1,060 502 337 September 1,058 503 337 December 1,045 501 345 1984 March 1,040 499 341 June 1,043 511 347 September 1,053 505 346 December 1,045 501 356 1985 March 1,039 501 352 June 1,040 502 362 September 1,044 505 363 December 1,032 500 366 1986 March 1,020 494 361 June 1,022 501 365 September 1,020 499 367 December 1,007 493 375 1987 March 998 490 375 June 1,006 501 379 September 1,003 494 384
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will give the total number of(a) male employees in employment and (b) female employees in employment in Scotland in each month between June 1979 and December 1987;
(2) if he will give the total number of employees in (a) manufacturing industry and (b) service industry in Scotland for each month between June 1979 and December 1987.
§ Mr. LangMonthly estimates of employees in employment in Scotland are not available. The table gives quarterly estimates, adjusted for seasonal variation.
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Employees in employment in Scotland Thousands (Seasonally adjusted) Males Females Manufacturing (2–4) Services (6–9) 1979 June 1,201 893 605 1,215 September 1,200 898 601 1,221 December 1,199 897 595 1,224 1980 March 1,192 899 580 1,234 June 1,182 891 565 1,235 September 1,173 886 549 1,235 December 1,160 879 531 1,239 1981 March 1,141 874 521 1,231 June 1,124 869 511 1,223 September 1,107 868 502 1,226 December 1,097 863 496 1,220 1982 March 1,091 858 487 1,218 June 1,087 855 478 1,218 September 1,077 845 469 1,210 December 1,069 836 459 1,201 1983 March 1,062 833 451 1,202 June 1,058 833 445 1,207 September 1,052 838 440 1,209 December 1,047 846 436 1,216 1984 March 1,047 848 433 1,222 June 1,041 853 435 1,222 September 1,046 849 432 1,225 December 1,047 856 433 1,234 1985 March 1,045 861 432 1,242 June 1,038 860 432 1,236 September 1,038 866 428 1,247 December 1,033 865 422 1,252 1986 March 1,026 863 417 1,251 June 1,020 862 411 1,253 September 1,014 864 407 1,257
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1979 1983 1985 1987 Net change between 1979 and 1985 Net change as per cent. of 1979 employment Thousands Total manufacturing1 603.9 443.9 430.5 395.5 -173.4 -29 Total manufacturing2 577.0 419.9 392.2 — -184.8 -32 Engineering2 237.9 174.8 156.5 — -81.4 -34 Textiles2 50.1 31.0 31.0 — -19.1 -38 Shipbuilding2 30.6 24.8 20.8 — -9.9 -32 Iron and Steel2 22.7 11.2 9.7 — -13.0 -57 Electronics4 41.5 42.7 43.9 42.8 +2.4 +6 Mining3 25.0 23.7 14.3 — -10.7 -43 Transport and communication1 135.3 118.5 115.2 108.3 -20.1 -15 1 Figures from the Census of Employment. 2 Figures from the Annual Census of Production. The latest available figures from this source relate to 1985. Figures for 1986 are due to be released later this year 3 Estimated figures include all employees of British Coal in Scotland. 4 Derived from the IDS Regional Data System.
Males Females Manufacturing (2–4) Services (6–9) December 1,008 867 403 1,260 1987 March 1,004 872 398 1,265 June 1,004 876 396 1,271 September 997 876 392 1,269
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total number of people in self-employment in Scotland for each month between June 1979 and December 1987.
§ Mr. LangAnnual estimates only are prepared on the basis of information from the 1981 census of population and the labour force surveys: these are given in the table. These figures are subject to sampling variation.
Employers and the Self-Employed in Scotland thousands June 1979 160 1980 154 1981 149 1982 164 1983 179 1984 185 1985 200 1986 205 1987 194