§ Mr. IngramTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing, for each of the five Scottish new towns for the years 1974–75 to 1989–90, inclusive, the actual or estimated (a) hectares and population within the designated area, (b) hectares and population of the host district councils, (c) numbers of employed persons within the designated area and (d) numbers of employed persons within the area of the district council.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 28 April 1988]: The information requested is as follows:
A. Hectares and population within the designated area.
Table 1 shows population for each of the towns as at 31 March each year and is based on figures supplied to the Industry Department for Scotland by the development corporations. Table 2 details the designated areas as at 31 March for 1974, 1975, 1986 and 1987; no detailed information is available for the years 1976–85 inclusive, or for 1988–90.
B. Hectares and population of the "host" district councils.
Table 1 gives the Registrar General's mid-year estimates of population for the "host" district councils. Table 2 details the area in hectares of the host district councils for the years shown; information for other years between 1974 and 1988 is not available.
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Town "Host" district 11975 1980 1985 1988 Irvine Cunninghame 63,345 87,859 87,859 87,859 Livingston West Lothian 42,230 42,305 42,305 42,305 Source: Municipal Year Book
11975 was the year in which the reforms embodied in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 were implemented.
C. Numbers of employed persons within the designated area.
Up to 1981 the Census of Employment was based on the Department of Employment's Local Employment Office Areas (LEOA's). These correspond quite closely to the designated areas of the New Towns but are not precisely comparable. Irvine New Town covers 2 LEOA's, namely Irvine and Kilwinning. The 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1981 Census of Employment data is shown in Table 1; no Census was conducted in 1979, 1980, 1982 or 1983. The Livingston LEOA includes Mid Calder in 1981. The 1984 and 1987 Census of Employment data is based on travel to work areas, which do not correspond to New Town designated areas [eg East Kilbride lies within the Glasgow travel to work area]. No Census of Employment
Table 1 Numbers of employed persons within new town designated areas Local employment office area 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1981 Cumbernauld 11,873 12,167 12,088 11,244 11,458 11,579 East Kilbride 29,246 29,137 30,904 29,790 28,728 26,094 Glenrothes 19,189 16,725 18,999 18,881 19,946 18,858 Irvine 22,192 22,013 23,086 23,356 22,258 18,715 Livingston 8,546 8,771 9,722 9,641 11,551 13,145 Total 91,046 88,813 94,799 92,912 93,941 88,391 Note: The figures relate to persons in employment and do not distinguish between full and part time employment.
D. Numbers of employed persons within the area of the district council.
Census of Employment data for local government districts is only readily available for 1981 and 1984 and is reproduced below.
Table 1 Scottish new towns' population 1974–87 Cumbernauld East Kilbride Glenrothes Irvine Livingston 1974 36,800 69,540 31,500 47,600 20,938 1975 39,810 71,830 31,100 48,700 22,459 1976 43,418 74,800 32,500 50,700 25,117 1977 44,709 76,250 33,900 53,800 30,600 1978 47,111 76,100 35,100 58,000 33,864 1979 49,406 75,850 35,650 59,000 35,294 1980 50,433 75,800 37,000 58,700 37,064 1981 50,748 76,100 37,000 58,900 38,677 1982 50,812 71,000 37,500 57,300 37,295 1983 49,216 70,600 36,500 56,300 38,828 1984 49,469 70,500 37,500 57,150 39,300 1985 49,739 70,200 38,000 57,500 39,550 1986 50,308 70,000 38,000 58,000 40,380 1987 48,839 69,700 38,400 58,600 40,500
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Table 2 Scottish new towns' designated areas 1974–1987 (hectares) 1974 1975 1986 1987 Cumbernauld 3,115.2 3,115.2 3,154 3,154 East Kilbride 4,100 4,100 4,151 4,151 Glenrothes 2,292 2,292 2,321 2,321 Irvine 4,976 4,976 5,038 5,038 Livingston 2,676 2,676 2,780 2,780 took place in 1985 or 1986 and none is planned for 1988. The results from the 1987 Census of Employment are not yet available; there are no forecasts of employment for the years 1989–90.
The New Town Development Corporations conduct regular surveys of employment within their areas. These surveys employ different definitions and methods of data collection as between Towns and the resultant figures are not necessarily consistent with official sources. These figures were collated and replicated as Appendix 2 in the National Audit Office Report no. 276, "Industry Department for Scotland: Review of Scottish new Towns", published on 22 January 1988; copies of that Report are available in the Library.
New town District council 1981 1984 Cumbernauld Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 14,180 14,603 East Kilbride East Kilbride 28,303 29,772 Glenrothes Kirkcaldy 58,059 56,019 Irvine Cunninghame 36,949 37,042 Livingston West Lothian 42,186 43,607 Note: The figures relate to numbers of employed persons and do not distinguish between full and part-time employees.