§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of the unemployment statistics for Greenock and Port Glasgow by district electoral division, or on another convenient basis.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 23 February 1989]: On 12 January 1989 (the latest date for which information is available) the number of unemployed claimants in each electoral ward of the Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency was as shown in the table.
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Ward name Unemployed claimants Bellville 426 Blairmore 352 Bow 468 Broomhill 275 Clune Brae 483 Gateside 281 Gibshill 637 Greenock East Central 671 Greenock South 367 Greenock West Central 251 Greenock West End 180 Larkfield 425 Port Glasgow East 574 Port Glasgow South 485 Port Glasgow West 305 Upper Larkfield 439 Constituency Total 6,619 This information is available in the Library.