HC Deb 06 July 1994 vol 246 c251W
35. Mr. Gallie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the trend in unemployment in Scotland.

Mr. Stewart

Unemployment is on a downward trend. Since December 1992, the level of seasonally adjusted unemployment has fallen by 17,100 to stand at 232,500 and 9.3 per cent. of the work force in May 1994.