§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the number and location of jobcentres in each Scottish local authority area. [3699]
§ Mr. ForthResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mike Fogden to Mr. James Wallace, dated 12 November 1996:
The Secretary of State for Education and Employment has asked me to reply to your question about the number and location of jobcentres in each Scottish local authority area. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as chief Executive of the Agency.I can confirm that there are currently 132 Jobcentres in Scotland. For ease of reference I have attached as Annex 1 a detailed list of all Jobcentres and the corresponding local authority.I hope this is helpful.284W
Unitary authority areas Jobcentres Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen Thistle Street and St. Nicholas Aberdeenshire Banff, Fraserburgh, Peterhead Angus Arbroath, Blairgowrie, Montrose Argyll and Bute Campbeltown, Dunoon, Helensburgh, Lochgilphead, Oban, Rothesay Ayrshire, East Cumnock, Kilmarnock A and B Ayrshire North Irvine, Kilbirnie, Kilwinning, Largs, Saltcoats Ayrshire, South Ayr, Troon, Girvan Clackmannanshire Alloa Dumfries and Galloway Annan, Dumfries, Lockerbie, Castle Douglas, Newton Stewart, Sanquhar, Stranraer Dunbartonshire, East Kirkintilloch Dunbartonshire, West Alexandria, Clydebank, Dumbarton Dundee, City Dundee Wellgate and Gellatly Street Edinburgh, City of High Riggs, Torphichen Street, South St. Andrew Street, Leith, Portobello, Wester Hailes Falkirk Denny, Falkirk, Grangemouth Fife Glenrothes, Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldly, Leven, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Cupar, St. Andrews Glasgow, city of Anniesland, Bridgeton, Castlemilk, Drumchapel, Easterhouse, Glasgow City, Glasgow Central, Govan, Hillington, Langside, Laurieston, Maryhill, Parkhead, Partick, Shawlands, Shettleston, South Side, Springburn Highland Alness, Invergordon, Thurso, Wick, Fort William, Inverness A and B, Nairn, Dingwall, Portree Inverclyde Greenock A and B, Port Glasgow Lanarkshire, North Airdrie, Bellshill, Coatbridge, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, Motherwell, Shots, Wishaw Lanarkshire, South Blantyre, Cambuslang, Carluke, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Lanark, Larkhall, Rutherglen, Uddingston Lothian, East Musselburgh, Haddington Lothian, West Bathgate, Bo'ness, Broxburn, Livingston
Unitary authority areas Jobcentres Midlothian Dalkeith, Loanhead, Peebles, Penicuick Moray Buckie, Elgin, Forres Orkney Islands Kirkwall Perth and Kinross Forfar, Perth Renfrewshire Johnstone, Linwood, Renfrew, Paisley Renfrewshire, East Barrhead Scottish Borders Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick, Kelso Shetland Lerwick Stirling Stirling Western Isles Stornoway