§ Mr. SternTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report a list of the unemployment figures, at the latest available date, for each Scottish county.
§ Mr. LangThe level and rate of unemployment in each of the Scottish regions as of August 1990 is given in the table. Overall unemployment in Scotland has fallen by over 135,000 in the past three years.
Unemployment in Scotland, August 19901 County/Region Number unemployed Rate2 Borders 1,900 3.8 Central 10,583 8.8 Dumfries and Galloway 4,273 6.0 Fife 12,179 8.3 Grampian 9,200 3.4 Highlands 6,590 6.6 Lothian 25,563 6.2 Strathclyde 114,356 10.3 Tayside 14,136 7.2 Orkney Islands 396 4.1 Shetland Islands 365 2.9 Western Islands 1,385 10.0 Scotland 200,926 8.0 1 Unadjusted for seasonal variation. 2 Rates expressed as a percentage of the workforce. Source: Department of Employment