§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make an assessment of(a) full-time and (b) part-time job prospects in the Glasgow area for unskilled women aged 40 to 50 years and 50 to 60 years.
§ Mr. LangOver the year to July 1988 the number of women aged 40 to 60 years claiming unemployment benefit in the Glasgow travel-to-work area fell by over 300. Job prospects in Glasgow for all groups of people depend on the continuing recovery of the Scottish economy.
§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make an assessment of average earnings per hour for unskilled women in the Glasgow area aged(a) 40 to 50 years and (b) 50 to 60 years.
§ Mr. LangInformation in the form requested is not available. The Department of Employment's New Earnings Survey provides estimates for full-time female manual employees (skilled and unskilled) for Strathclyde region as a whole.
Gross average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of female full-time manual employees
Strathclyde region April 1987
Aged £ per hour 40–49 2.95 50–59 2.85 These estimates are based on small samples. Average earnings will vary with occupation, industry and area within Strathclyde.
§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of all women in Glasgow work(a) full-time and (b) part-time.
§ Mr. LangIn 1984, female full-time and part-time employees in employment whose place of work was in Strathclyde region represented roughly 33 per cent. and 20 per cent. respectively of the estimated female population of the region aged 16 to 59. These percentages include employees working in the area who live elsewhere, and count twice those with two jobs; they exclude the self-employed, and residents who work elsewhere.
The most recent information for City of Glasgow residents is given in tables 12 and 14 of "Census 1981 Scotland Report for Strathclyde Region volume 1", available in the Library of the House.