Unemployment, Aberdeen

45.

asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement, to the latest convenient date, of the state of unemployment in the city and county of Aberdeen, during the last five years by industries and sexes.

As the reply consists of a table of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

While thanking the Parliamentary Secretary for her promise of publication in the OFFICIAL REPORT, may I ask her what steps her Ministry is taking to eliminate unemployment entirely from Aberdeen?

There has been a consistent fall in the figures of unemployment in both Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in recent years, and the rate of unemployment in this area is now 1·8 per cent.

INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN ABERDEEN AND THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE
	9th April, 1962
Industry	Aberdeen			Aberdeenshire (excluding Aberdeen)
Industry	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Agriculture and Horticulture	105	7	112	149	19	168
Fishing	152	—	152	548	—	548
Bacon curing, Meat and Fish Products	66	50	116	94	141	235
Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing	102	1	103	22	—	22
Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres	26	19	45	1	1	2
Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc.	42	1	43	4	—	4
Timber, Furniture etc.	138	4	142	25	—	25
Construction	281	5	286	140	2	142
Sea Transport	118	—	118	33	—	33
Distributive Trades	286	171	457	76	70	146
Entertainment and Sport	48	15	63	3	10	13
Catering, Hotels, etc.	98	55	153	6	19	25
Private Domestic Service	14	26	40	3	54	57
Local Government Service	127	11	138	15	3	18
Other Industries and Services	771	322	1,093	269	152	421
Total, all Industries and Services	2,374	687	3,061	1,388	471	1,859

INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN ABERDEEN AND THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE
	8th April, 1963
Industry	Aberdeen			Aberdeenshire (excluding Aberdeen)
Industry	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Agriculture and Horticulture	96	9	105	156	15	171
Fishing	146	—	146	375	1	376
Bacon curing, Meat and Fish Products	88	68	156	112	144	256
Shipbuilding and ship-repairing	243	3	246	13	1	14
Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres	22	21	43	—	—	—
Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc.	81	2	83	8	—	8
Timber	130	10	140	22	1	23
Construction	298	—	298	139	2	141
Sea Transport	117	1	118	18	—	18
Distributive Trades	341	226	567	74	67	141
Entertainment and Sport	54	12	66	4	5	9
Catering, Hotels, etc.	113	75	188	19	24	43
Private Domestic Service	8	29	37	4	55	59
Local Government Service	139	18	157	18	3	21
Other Industries and Services	845	372	1,217	277	154	431
Total, all Industries and Services	2,721	846	3,567	1,239	472	1,711

My Ministry is continuing to take all possible steps to reduce this rate even further.

Following is the table:

INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN ABERDEEN AND THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE
	13th April, 1964
Industry	Aberdeen			Aberdeenshire (excluding Aberdeen)
Industry	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Agriculture and Horticulture	105	6	111	202	23	225
Fishing	116	—	116	276	—	276
Bacon curing, Meat and Fish Products	86	62	148	94	169	263
Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing	51	3	54	15	—	15
Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres	23	39	62	1	—	1
Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc.	39	—	39	3	—	3
Timber	78	10	88	18	2	20
Construction	233	3	236	92	1	93
Sea Transport	82	2	84	22	—	22
Distributive Trades	280	221	501	71	81	152
Entertainment and Sport	53	18	71	8	2	10
Catering, Hotels, etc.	90	54	144	10	25	35
Private Domestic Service	7	24	31	4	39	43
Local Government Service	109	27	136	16	2	18
Other Industries and Services	560	367	927	185	138	323
Total, all Industries and Services	1,912	836	2,748	1,017	482	1,499

INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN ABERDEEN AND THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE
	12th April, 1965
Industry	Aberdeen			Aberdeenshire (excluding Aberdeen)
Industry	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Agriculture and Horticulture	86	4	90	138	15	153
Fishing	89	—	89	286	41	327
Bacon curing, Meat and Fish Products	62	45	107	64	139	203
Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing	39	2	41	8	—	8
Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres	22	20	42	—	—	—
Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc.	28	2	30	6	—	6
Timber	75	4	79	9	1	10
Construction	207	3	210	65	2	67
Sea Transport	44	—	44	12	—	12
Distributive Trades	218	167	385	63	73	136
Entertainment and Sport	40	15	55	5	3	8
Catering, Hotels, etc.	60	57	117	9	20	29
Private Domestic Service	6	25	31	1	37	38
Local Government Service	82	19	101	12	3	15
Other Industries and Services	530	306	836	168	118	286
Total, all Industries and Services	1,588	669	2,257	846	452	1,298

INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN ABERDEEN AND THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE
					18th April, 1964
Industry					Aberdeen			Aberdeenshire (excluding Aberdeen)
Industry					Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Agriculture and Horticulture				…	64	2	66	126	7	133
Fishing	…	…	…	…	58	—	58	248	1	249
Bacon curing, Meat and Fish Products	…	…	…	…	50	23	73	73	99	172
Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing				…	25	—	25	2	—	2
Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres				…	15	11	26	—	—	—
Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc.					22	4	26	3	—	3
Timber	…	…	…	…	53	5	58	10	—	10
Construction		…	…	…	139	3	142	64	2	66
Sea Transport		…	…	…	46	1	47	16	—	16
Distributive Trades			…	…	178	119	297	78	58	136
Entertainment and Sport			…	…	21	6	27	5	2	7
Catering, Hotels, etc.			…	…	55	27	82	6	23	29
Private Domestic Service				…	3	22	25	3	30	33
Local Government Service				…	77	12	89	14	3	17
Other Industries and Services				…	442	155	597	206	101	307
Total, all Industries and Services				…	1,248	390	1,638	854	326	1,180

Volume 728: debated on Monday 9 May 1966