asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs have been lost in the private sector of industry in the last two years; in what firms the losses occurred; and if he will make a statement.
The information requested is not available separately for the private sector or for individual firms. However, a series of figures showing a broad industrial breakdown of employees in employment and changes over the past two years is published in the Department of Employment Gazette.
self-employed, (iii) skilled manual and (iv) total, respectively.
Figures are set out in the table below for the broad occupation groups for which data are available. Self-employed persons are not separately identified in the survey from which the figures are derived.The latest information is in the September issue of that
Gazette.