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Unemployment Statistics

Volume 983: debated on Thursday 24 April 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the travel-to-work areas in Scotland in which, at the latest convenient date, percentage unemployment was higher than for Northern Ieland.

The information, as at 13 March 1980, is set out in the table below:

Travel-to-work-areaTotal Unemployed percentage rate
Campbeltown12·3
Cumnock11·7
Dumbarton12·7
Forres13·5
Girvan12·9
Greenock12·6
Irvine15·1
Kilmarnock12·6
North Lanarkshire13·3
South Lanarkshire11·7
Newton Stewart15·7
Portree18·6
Rothesay13·6
Sanquhar13·6
Stornoway14·1
Northern Ireland11·5
* Estimated figures due to industrial action at careers offices.