asked the Secretary of State for Employment if, in view of the fact that his Department headquarters in Edinburgh have discontinued publication of monthly detailed Scottish unemployment statistics, he will arrange for these statistics to be made available to Members through the Library.

The statistics referred to are still being compiled but in view of the shortage of paper are now being issued on a reduced scale and in response to particular requests. I am arranging for the tables to be supplied each month to the hon. Member as hitherto.