asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of wholly unemployed men and women in Scotland in each of the past 10 years.
Following is the information for January each year:
| Unemployed Adults aged 18 and over in Scotland | |
| 1965 | 71,271 |
| 1966 | 62,749 |
| 1967 | 78,563 |
| 1968 | 86,561 |
| 1969 | 81,936 |
| 1970 | 87,459 |
| 1971 | 104,953 |
| 1972 | 137,773 |
| 1973 | 120,140 |
| 1974 | 89,470 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of male and female jobs lost and gained in Scotland in each of the past 10 years.
Precise information about jobs lost and gained is not available but an indication of net annual changes can be obtained by comparing levels of the mid-year employment figures, the latest
I regret that information is not available in this form. Following is an analysis of stoppages of work due to industrial disputes by duration in working days for the years 1963–72:of which are for June 1972. Following is the available information:
| Changes in the numbers of employees in employment in Scotland | |
| Thousands | |
| June 1962 to June 1963 | −32 |
| June 1963 to June 1964 | +31 |
| June 1964 to June 1965 | + 18 |
| June 1965 to June 1966 | + 4 |
| June 1966 to June 1967 | −43 |
| June 1967 to June 1968 | −14 |
| June 1968 to June 1969 | + 12 |
| June 1969 to June 1970 | −21 |
| June 1970 to June 1971 | −59 |
| June 1971 to June 1972 | −14 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of young males and females unemployed in each of the employment exchange areas of Scotland; and if he will show how this compares with the same period in the previous five years.
I regret that the information could not be collated in the time available, but I shall write to the hon. Member shortly.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies within Scotland have been notified to his Department in each month since June 1970; and if he will give a break-down of the figures by male and female occupation.
I regret that from the information available it is not possible to
| Statistical Months | Males | Females | Not distinguished by sex | Total | |
| NUMBER OF REDUNDANCIES NOTIFIE 3 IN 5 SCOTLAND IN EACH MONTH SINCE JUNE 1970 | |||||
| 1970— | |||||
| 9th May 1970—8th June 1970 | … | 2,014 | 921 | — | 2,935 |
| 9th June 1970—13th July 1970 | … | 1,750 | 1,068 | — | 2,818 |
| 14th July 1970—10th August 1970 | … | 1,933 | 863 | — | 2,796 |
| 11th August 1970—14th September 1970 | … | 2,734 | 1,137 | — | 3,871 |
| 15th September 1970—12th October 1970 | … | 2,168 | 1,051 | — | 3,219 |
| 13th October 1970—9th November 1970 | … | 2,353 | 1,649 | — | 4,002 |
| 10th November 1970—7th December 1970 | … | 1,503 | 864 | — | 2,367 |
| 1971— | |||||
| 8th December 1970—11th January 1971 | … | 2,055 | 1,454 | — | 3,609 |
| 12th January 1971–8th February 1971 | … | 2,638 | 1,210 | 1,036 | 4,884 |
| 9th February 1971—8th March 1971 | … | 2,295 | 1,984 | 500 | 4,779 |
| 9th March 1971—5th April 1971 | … | 4,260 | 1,443 | — | 5,703 |
| 6th April 1971—10th May 1971 | … | 3,020 | 805 | — | 3,825 |
| 11th May 1971—14th June 1971 | … | 1,992 | 1,266 | 400 | 3,658 |
| 15th June 1971—12th July 1971 | … | 1,718 | 726 | 400 | 2,844 |
| 13th July 1971—9th August 1971 | … | 1,614 | 591 | — | 2,205 |
| 10th August 1971—13th September 1971 | … | 2,401 | 894 | 350 | 3,645 |
| 14th September 1971—11th October 1971 | … | 1,408 | 575 | — | 1,983 |
| 12th October 1971—8th November 1971 | … | 2,286 | 503 | — | 2,789 |
| 9th November 1971—6th December 1971 | … | 2,028 | 723 | — | 2,751 |
| 1972— | |||||
| 7th December 1971—10th January 1972 | … | 2,328 | 1,188 | — | 3,516 |
| 11th January 1972—14th February 1972 | … | 2,021 | 1,017 | — | 3,038 |
| 15th February 1972—13th March 1972 | … | 2,311 | 595 | — | 2,906 |
| 14th March 1972—10th April 1972 | … | 817 | 828 | — | 1,645 |
| 11th April 1972—8th May 1972 | … | 1,859 | 788 | — | 2,647 |
| 9th May 1972—12th June 1972 | … | 2,458 | 817 | — | 3,275 |
| 13th June 1972—10th July 1972 | … | 1,727 | 495 | — | 2,222 |
| 11th July 1972—14th August 1972 | … | 965 | 425 | — | 1,390 |
| 15th August 1972—11th September 1972 | … | 715 | 268 | 32 | 1,015 |
| 12th September 1972—9th October 1972 | … | 1,164 | 347 | — | 1,511 |
| 10th October 1972—13th November 1972 | … | 1,916 | 454 | — | 2,370 |
| 14th November 1972—11th December 1972 | … | 964 | 521 | — | 1,485 |
| 1973— | |||||
| 12th December 1972—8th January 1973 | … | 987 | 274 | — | 1,261 |
| 9th January 1973—12th February 1973 | … | 1,462 | 581 | — | 2,043 |
| 13th February 1973—12th March 1973 | … | 1,172 | 302 | — | 1,474 |
| 13th March 1973—9th April 1973 | … | 376 | 198 | — | 574 |
| 10th April 1973—14th May 1973 | … | 1,010 | 718 | — | 1,728 |
| 15th May 1973—11th June 1973 | … | 950 | 416 | — | 1,366 |
| 12th June 1973—9th July 1973 | … | 1,380 | 216 | — | 1,596 |
| 10th July 1973—13th August 1973 | … | 511 | 195 | — | 706 |
| 14th August 1973—10th September 1973 | … | 72 | 6 | — | 78 |
| 11th September 1973—8th October 1973 | … | 420 | 154 | — | 574 |
| 9th October 1973—12th November 1973 | … | 444 | 157 | — | 601 |
| 13th November 1973—10th December 1973 | … | 814 | 445 | — | 1,259 |
| 1974— | |||||
| 11th December 1973—14th January 1974 | … | 211 | 74 | — | 285 |