§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of people in employment in Scotland and in each travel-to-work area for each month between January 1987 and June 1988 inclusive.
§ Mr. LangMonthly estimates are not available. The table gives quarterly estimates of the civilian work force in employment, which comprises employees in employment, the self-employed, and participants on work-related Government training programmes. These figures are available only for Scotland as a whole.
The civilian work force in employment Scotland Thousands Unadjusted for seasonal variation 1Seasonally adjusted 1986 December 2,101 2,101 1987 March 2,089 2,103 June 2,113 2,107 September 2,115 2,107 December 2,113 2,113 1988 March 2,109 2,122 1The estimates of participants on work-related Government training programmes are not seasonally adjusted. The latest estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in each travel-to-work area come from the 1984 census of employment: some results are given in the December 1987 "Scottish Economic Bulletin", which is available in the Library of the House. The latest estimates of self-employment by area within Scotland come from the 1981 census of population. The numbers of participants on work-related Government training programmes are not collected for individual travel-to-work areas.
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Unemployed claimants Aged 16 and 17 Travel to work area January 1987 April 1987 July 1987 October 1987 January 1988 April 1988 Aberdeen 921 894 793 840 871 703 Alloa 236 165 142 152 190 123 Annan 119 87 69 62 84 55 Arbroath 174 141 110 118 116 86 Ayr 561 440 361 401 375 326 Badenoch 32 19 12 20 25 17 Banff 90 79 77 80 82 56 Bathgate 866 702 590 650 678 527 Berwickshire 59 43 41 28 42 37 Blairgowrie and Pitlochry 108 81 59 70 89 57 Brechin and Montrose 211 195 132 151 127 108 Buckie 51 42 27 35 45 35 Campbeltown 47 41 39 43 47 35 Crieff 30 17 12 17 21 22 Cumnock and Sanquhar 437 348 308 332 327 242 Dumbarton 470 477 376 427 436 344 Dumfries 233 206 161 177 197 179 Dundee 1,026 802 630 770 750 575 Dunfermline 714 497 464 549 594 425 Dunoon and Bute 90 76 63 78 111 74 Edinburgh 2,212 1,998 1,715 2,014 2,045 1,660 Elgin 140 122 98 88 89 79 Falkirk 831 610 530 557 585 415 Forfar 122 99 79 67 68 62 Forres 52 36 30 27 41 34 Fraserburgh 55 50 41 38 42 35 Galashiels 108 83 64 76 80 48
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the estimated total number of self-employed people in Scotland and in each travel-towork area for each month between January 1987 and June 1988 inclusive.
§ Mr. LangThe only available estimates relate to Scotland and are as follows:
Self-employment in Scotland Thousands 1986 December 200 1987 March 197 June 194 September 196 December 198 1988 March 200 These estimates are prepared by the Department of Employment on the basis of the 1981 census of population updated by the labour force surveys. The figures for June each year only are regularly published, and figures for other quarters are estimated by interpolation and projection: all figures are subject to sampling errors. The figures cannot be reliably broken down between travel-to-work areas.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of 16 and 17-year-olds registered as unemployed in Scotland and in each travel-to-work area for each month between January 1987 and June 1988 inclusive.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested is available on a quarterly basis only.
The total number of unemployed claimants aged 16 and 17 in Scotland and in each travel-to-work area for each quarterly period between January 1987 and June 1988 inclusive is shown in the table.
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Travel to work area January 1987 April 1987 July 1987 October 1987 January 1988 April 1988 Girvan 81 56 46 51 64 51 Glasgow 9,394 7,943 6,601 7,545 7,685 6,303 Greenock 725 497 404 515 587 404 Haddington 110 89 65 83 93 72 Hawick 62 45 43 45 46 53 Huntly 24 21 24 22 27 14 Invergordon and Dingwall 190 163 120 143 137 115 Inverness 338 277 220 279 309 248 Irvine 1,002 804 712 730 760 599 Islay/Mid Argyll 58 38 25 36 49 35 Keith 52 46 32 36 55 36 Kelso and Jedburgh 32 37 36 30 23 33 Kilmarnock 478 384 323 382 382 348 Kirkcaldy 890 603 566 622 693 509 Lanarkshire 3,498 2,988 2,256 2,531 2,587 2,004 Lochaber 134 100 49 60 99 65 Lockerbie 52 40 32 34 40 33 Newton Stewart 53 35 34 39 40 35 North East Fife 141 87 65 82 85 68 Oban 86 57 36 53 79 38 Orkney Islands 47 32 24 27 41 28 Peebles 35 19 22 24 17 12 Perth 270 215 170 196 199 176 Peterhead 127 90 81 65 101 79 Shetland Islands 44 40 29 32 40 37 Skye and Wester Ross 61 44 27 47 66 42 Stewart ry 77 72 68 57 70 45 Stirling 422 330 280 300 270 189 Stranraer 123 92 63 78 89 77 Sutherland 44 39 23 27 41 23 Thurso 34 18 25 22 17 19 Western Isles 150 112 93 82 83 73 Wick 39 21 23 15 14 15 Scotland 28,868 23,784 19,640 22,157 23,045 18,237
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were registered as unemployed in Scotland and in each travel-to-work area for each month between December 1987 and June 1988 inclusive.
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Unemployed claimants (not adjusted for seasonal factors) Travel-lo-work area December 1987 January 1988 February 1988 March 1988 April 1988 Mav 1988 June 1988 Aberdeen 12,021 12,624 12,426 12,020 11,349 10,832 10,491 Alloa 3,202 3,329 3,171 3,058 2,971 2,840 2,738 Annan 1,031 1,221 1,179 1,103 1,059 975 941 Arbroath 1,612 1,656 1,565 1,520 1,535 1,510 1,460 Ayr 6,061 6,275 6,147 5,911 5,780 5,423 5,179 Badenoch 656 670 579 514 463 468 399 Banff 945 1,042 1,038 1,003 928 855 845 Bathgate 8,042 8,476 8,182 7,813 7,671 7,280 6,954 Berwickshire 633 710 784 754 687 646 607 Blairgowrie and Pitlochry 1,421 1,457 1,383 1,315 1,103 1,061 1,005 Brechin and Montrose 1,657 1,725 1,777 1,697 1,671 1,516 1,448 Buckie 626 664 694 673 607 563 515 Campbeltown 763 804 763 713 707 644 596 Crieff 462 495 490 467 432 413 377 Cumnock and Sanquhar 4,240 4,323 4,264 4,195 4,031 3,867 3,798 Dumbarton 5,388 5,543 5,335 5,146 5,010 4,906 4,715 Dumfries 2,203 2,242 2,161 2,185 2,157 2,072 2,043 Dundee 13,978 14,198 13,766 13,330 13,027 12,752 12,616 Dunfermline 7,475 7,617 7,420 7,197 7,225 6,931 6,714 Dunoon and Bute 1,495 1,521 1,488 1,410 1,268 1,204 1,171 Edinburgh 32,861 33,706 32,890 31,759 31,074 29,887 29,200 Elgin 1,727 1,849 1,845 1,786 1,784 1,717 1,600 Falkirk 9,392 9,579 8,993 8,820 8,478 8,143 7,969 Forfar 1,126 1,202 1,164 1,102 1,116 1,055 966 Forres 647 691 682 649 652 643 610 Fraserburgh 750 807 810 789 765 700 683 Galashiels 1,066 1,113 1,072 1,026 700 677 637 Girvan 827 887 829 763 734 695 652 Glasgow 101,687 103,430 101,523 99,322 97,865 94,767 93,413 Greenock 9,168 9,612 9,395 9,087 9,116 8,797 8,625 Haddington 1,191 1,257 1,273 1,251 1,185 1,153 1,112 Hawick 710 715 704 658 725 691 655
§ Mr. LangThe total number of unemployed claimants in Scotland and in each travel-to-work area for each month between December 1987 and June 1988 inclusive is shown in the table.
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Travel-to-work area December 1987 January 1988 February 1988 March 1988 April 1988 May 1988 June 1988 Huntly 388 391 376 361 317 320 330 Invergordon and Dingwall 2,933 3,089 2,982 3,056 3,074 2,843 2,388 Inverness 4,796 4,992 4,932 4,828 4,937 4,530 4,154 Irvine 10,503 10,892 10,504 10,234 9,980 9,445 9,246 Islay/Mid Argyll 636 669 684 636 567 511 488 Keith 663 731 712 659 596 568 536 Kelso and Jedburgh 456 464 426 414 452 457 403 Kilmarnock 5,032 5,187 5,056 4,850 4,723 4,578 4,492 Kirkcaldy 10,591 10,902 10,542 10,332 10,632 10,220 9,912 Lanarkshire 28,635 29,637 29,039 27,998 27,400 26,424 25,740 Lochaber 1,457 1,526 1,547 1,445 1,210 1,107 1,027 Lockerbie 521 551 532 506 455 416 388 Newton Stewart 651 676 654 637 613 538 527 North East Fife 1,855 1,873 1,852 1,831 1,708 1,586 1,512 Oban 1,157 1,197 1,189 1,105 894 793 732 Orkney Islands 871 906 862 848 806 786 756 Peebles 433 458 459 440 460 427 421 Perth 2,926 3,040 3,001 2,860 2,803 2,636 2,551 Peterhead 1,645 1,747 1,745 1,618 1,584 1,541 1,429 Shetland Islands 712 740 715 673 669 646 631 Skye and Wester Ross 1,178 1,230 1,195 1,134 952 853 763 Stewartry 842 998 942 891 818 773 754 Stirling 4,258 4,385 4,232 4,082 3,884 3,678 3,592 Stranraer 1,277 1,333 1,322 1,346 1,230 1,214 1,192 Sutherland 844 890 894 842 772 698 627 Thurso 774 785 816 791 803 734 717 Western Isles 2,093 2,149 2,169 2,036 2,050 2,037 1,989 Wick 817 829 831 835 820 779 761 SCOTLAND 324,007 333,707 326,002 316,324 309,084 296,821 288,792
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of people on training schemes in Scotland and in each travel-to-work area for each month between January 1987 and June 1988 inclusive.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the precise form requested.
Table 1 gives the number of filled places for YTS and the community programme, and table 2 the number of starts on adult training schemes from January 1987 to June 1988 (inclusive). YTS figures for June 1988 are not yet available.
Statistics are not collected on a travel-to-work area basis.
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Table 1 YTS and community programme filled places: Scotland YTS Community programme 1987 January 37,254 31,272 February 37,944 31,268 March 37,837 30,672 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 1988 January 46,197 30,209 February 46,658 30,971 March 46,065 31,052 April 45,103 31,344 May 43,269 31,033 June n/a 30,406
Table 2 Adult training starts: Scotland 1987 Number January 4,930 February 6,055 March 5,441 April-June 10,316 July 3,425 August 3,558 September 4,467 October 6,253 November 5,237 December 3,157 1988 January 5,729 February 7,022 March 5,860 April 4,433 May 4,802 June 3,404
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide statistics concerning the designation of the unemployment claimants leaving the register in Scotland and in each travel-to-work area for each month between January 1987 and June 1988 inclusive for(a) training schemes, (b) retirement, (c) transferring to other benefits and (d) jobs.