asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many employees there were in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area and the Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello and Musselburgh employment exchange areas in September; how many of them, respectively, were unemployed; what was the breakdown according to males, females, adults and young people; and

TABLE 1
EMPLOYEES BY EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREA
June 1975
EOA					Males	Females	Total
Edinburgh	…	…	…	…	104,233	95,666	199,899
Leith	…	…	…	…	21,591	9,742	31,333
Portobello	…	…	…	…	4,550	2,404	6,954
Musselburgh	…	…	…	…	9,477	5,229	14,706
Edinburgh TTWA	…	…	…	…	156,399	122,907	279,306

TABLE 2
UNEMPLOYED BY EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREA
September 1979					Males	Females	Young people
Edinburgh	…	…	…	…	5,619	2,537	706
Leith	…	…	…	…	1,900	602	—
Portobello	…	…	…	…	1,134	399	—
Musselburgh	…	…	…	…	672	343	—
Edinburgh TTWA	…	…	…	…	10,888	4,782	1,014
September 1977
Edinburgh	…	…	…	…	8,740	2,938	1,564
Leith	…	…	…	…	2,304	558	—
Portobello	…	…	…	…	1,267	349	—
Musselburgh	…	…	…	…	7,729	337	—
Edinburgh TTWA	…	…	…	…	12,506	4,405	2,167
September 1975
Edinburgh	…	…	…	…	5,338	1,116	719
Leith	…	…	…	…	2,011	245	—
Portobello	…	…	…	…	997	129	—
Musselburgh	…	…	…	…	618	139	—
Edinburgh TTWA	…	…	…	…	10.275	2,014	1,017

The figures for young people are those registered as unemployed at careers offices, and exclude young people under the age of 18 who were registered at employment offices.The Edinburgh travel-to-work area comprises the following employment office areas: Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello, Dalkeith, Loanhead, Musselburgh, Penicuik and Tranent.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young people and adults, respectively, received temporary employment in September 1979 in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area through the Manpower Services Commission special employment measures; if he will give a breakdown of the number of

Estimates of employees in employment office areas are compiled only for June of each year. The first of the following tables gives the estimated number of employees in each of the areas requested for June 1975. Information for June 1977, and June 1979 is not yet available.people benefiting from each of the various measures; and what were the corresponding figures in March 1979, September 1978 and March 1978.

The special employment measures operated by the Manpower Services Commission (MSC) are the youth opportunities programme (YOP) for young people and the special temporary employment programme (STEP) for adults. Information on the numbers participating in these programmes is compiled on the basis of the MSC's special programmes area boards, and not on a travel-to-work area basis. The following table gives information on the numbers participating in YOP and STEP in the area covered by the special programmes area board based in Edinburgh—the Lothian, Fife, Central and Borders regions.

		YOP	STEP
September 1979	…	3,727	776
March 1979	…	3,052	328
September 1978	…	1,425	32

YOP and STEP came into operation on 1 April 1978. Information about the number of people participating in the earlier job creation programme in March 1978 is not available. The figures for YOP include a small number of adults employed in a supervisory or managerial capacity.