§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide details from the 1991 census of the numbers unemployed as a proportion of the economically active population in each ward making up the Cunninghame, North constituency.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 3 March 1993]: The figures are given in the table.
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Unemployed as a percentage of the economically active population Ward Per cent. Ardrossan North 12.4 Ardrossan South 16.8 Arran 8.3 Beith 9.6 Dalry 10.5 Fairlie, Skelmorlie and Cumbrae 7.8 Garnock East 8.3 Kilbirnie North 13.6 Kilbirnie South 14.8 Largs North 9.5 Largs South 90 Saltcoats East 20.2 Saltcoats North 17.0 South Beach 11.9 West Kilbride 10.4 All wards in constituency 11.7 Note: The areal definition of ward used for census output involves some approximation but it is thought unlikely that this would have a significant effect on the figures.