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Mr. Hector Hughes
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a state-
| EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT | |||||
| NORTH EAST SCOTLAND* (Thousands) | |||||
| Males | Females | Total | |||
| Mid-1955 | … | … | 88·6 | 46·4 | 135·0 |
| Mid-1959 | … | … | 86·7 | 46·9 | 133·6 |
| Mid-1964 | … | … | 84·8 | 49·5 | 134·3 |
| * The figures relate to the areas of Aberdeen, Inverurie, Banchory, Banff, Buckie, Huntley, Fraserburgh and Peterhead Employment Exchanges, Stonehaven and Turriff Branch Employment Offices and Keith Sub-Office. | |||||
| ABERDEEN TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA* (Thousands) | |||||||||
| Mid-1955 | Mid-1959 | Mid-1964 | |||||||
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |
| Agriculture and horticulture | 5·2 | 0·7 | 5·9 | 4·8 | 0·9 | 5·7 | 4·5 | 0·6 | 5·1 |
| Fishing | 2·4 | — | 2·4 | 2·3 | — | 2·3 | 2·2 | 0·1 | 2·3 |
| Bacon curing, meat and fish products | 0·4 | 0·2 | 0·6 | 2·0 | 2·8 | 4·8 | 2·0 | 3·0 | 5·0 |
| Shipbuilding and shiprepairing | 2·4 | 0·1 | 2·5 | 2·3 | 0·1 | 2·4 | 1·8 | 0·1 | 1·9 |
| Paper and board | 2·3 | 0·8 | 3·1 | 2·5 | 0·8 | 3·3 | 2·6 | 0·9 | 3·5 |
| Construction | 8·5 | 0·4 | 8·9 | 7·8 | 0·5 | 8·3 | 8·6 | 0·4 | 9·0 |
| Railways | 2·3 | 0·2 | 2·5 | 2·0 | 0·2 | 2·2 | 1·7 | 0·1 | 1·8 |
| Road passenger transport | 1·7 | 0·3 | 2·0 | 1·6 | 0·3 | 1·9 | 1·5 | 0·3 | 1·8 |
| Distributive trades | 7·1 | 7·5 | 14·6 | 7·9 | 7·5 | 15·4 | 7·5 | 8·1 | 15·6 |
| Insurance, banking and finance | 1·0 | 0·6 | 1·6 | 1·1 | 0·6 | 1·7 | 1·0 | 0·8 | 1·8 |
| Educational services | 1·6 | 3·2 | 4·8 | 2·0 | 4·0 | 6·0 | 2·1 | 4·6 | 6·7 |
| Medical and dental services | 1·0 | 3·7 | 4·7 | 1·1 | 3·9 | 5·0 | 1·4 | 5·0 | 6·4 |
| Catering, hotels, etc. | 0·9 | 2·4 | 3·3 | 0·9 | 2·3 | 3·2 | 0·9 | 2·0 | 2·9 |
| Motor repairers, distribu tors, garages and filling stations | 1·5 | 0·3 | 1·8 | 1·5 | 0·3 | 1·8 | 1·8 | 0·4 | 2·2 |
| Local government service | 2·1 | 1·0 | 3·1 | 2·2 | 1·0 | 3·2 | 2·3 | 1·0 | 3·3 |
| Other industries and ser vices | 21·9 | 13·4 | 35·3 | 19·5 | 10·6 | 30·1 | 18·2 | 10·0 | 28·2 |
| All industries and services | 62·3 | 34·8 | 97·1 | 61·5 | 35·8 | 97·3 | 60·1 | 37·4 | 97·5 |
| * Aberdeen travel-to-work area comprises the areas of Aberdeen and Inverurie Employment Exchanges and Stonehaven Branch Employment Office. | |||||||||