§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many redundancies there were in the Borders region for every year since 1979.
§ Mr. LangThere are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies. Information on the number of redundancies involving 10 or more workers confirmed to the Department of Employment as having occurred in the Borders region between 1979 and June 1990 is set out in the table.
Confirmed redundancies Year Number 1979 50 1980 938 1981 536 1982 542 1983 367 1984 238 1985 149 1986 313 1987 335 1988 355 1989 564 1 21990 174 1 The figures for 1990 are provisional and may be subject to revision as later data become available. 2 January to June.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the unemployment levels for each Scottish region in October for every year since 1979.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 23 July 1990]: The tables provide the available information. For the period 1979 to 1982 data are available only on the number of registrants at jobcentres. From 1983 the available information is for unemployed claimants. Comparisons over time are affected by the various changes in coverage and in particular by the discontinuity between 1982 and 1983.
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Number of registrants at jobcentres by Scottish Region Region1 October2 1979 1980 1981 1982 Borders 1,280 2,080 3,058 3,458 Central 7,821 11,206 16,618 19,178 Dumfries and Galloway 4,179 5,656 7,514 8,192 Fife 9,497 12,889 17,845 18,142 Grampian 8,126 10,687 14,743 16,981 Highlands 6,505 7,209 9,360 10,873 Lothian 21,752 28,306 40,893 47,146
Region1 October2 1979 1980 1981 1982 Strathclyde 105,386 147,820 188,882 200,489 Tayside 12,398 18,190 23,823 24,619 Orkney 391 476 632 813
Number of claimants unemployed by Scottish region October2 Region1 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Borders 3,486 3,416 3,379 3,718 3,189 2,404 2,087 Central 17,762 18,303 18,666 18,487 16,526 12,491 10,834 Dumfries and Galloway 7,312 7,647 7,949 7,824 6,852 6,066 4,352 Fife 18,247 19,446 21,144 22,030 20,245 16,545 13,244 Grampian 16,028 16,769 17,129 22,432 19,715 15,374 11,090 Highland 10,173 12,501 13,099 13,528 12,097 10,268 7,636 Lothian 43,428 44,742 45,624 47,160 43,414 34,158 26,864 Strathclyde 188,962 192,194 197,292 194,455 176,894 146,133 120,697 Tayside 24,880 24,756 25,753 25,665 22,884 18,416 14,959 Orkney 719 737 765 859 821 701 493 Shetland 709 667 697 794 743 638 410 Western Isles 1,719 1,932 1,814 2,284 2,082 2,052 1,459 1 Regional totals are aggregates of wards. 2 Figures are not adjusted for seasonal variations.