§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were unemployed in Scotland in December of every year since 1979(a) using the current system of calculating unemployment and (b) using the system of calculating unemployment current in 1979.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe Department of Employment publishes seasonally adjusted estimates of the number unemployed in Scotland monthly on a basis consistent with the current system of calculating unemployment. Estimates for December of each year since 1979 are available from the NOMIS database in the House of Commons Library. Library staff are ready to assist in accessing the information if necessary.
Estimates are not available using the system of calculating unemployment current in 1979. There is no reliable basis on which to make such estimates as it is
£ million 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Expenditure Expenditure Percentage increase Expenditure Percentage increase Expenditure Percentage increase Expenditure1 Percentage increase Expenditures2 Percentage3 Hospital and community health services; current 1,475 1,606 9 1,784 11 1,907 7 2,062 8 2,245 9 Hospital and community health services; capital 104 107 3 117 9 157 34 180 15 209 16 Family practitioner services 440 485 10 545 12 582 7 665 14 719 8 Centrally financed services 124 129 4 145 12 174 20 196 13 210 7 TOTAL 2,144 2,328 9 2,591 11 2,819 9 3,102 10 3,383 9 Figures do not sum to the total due to roundings. 1 Provisional. 2 Planned expenditure. 3 These figures have been affected by the movement of resources from current to capital, to account for the new definition of capital expenditure.