asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average length of time a person in Scotland spent on the unemployment register in the latest year.
Information is not available in the precise form requested. The median length of time spent on the unemployment register by persons still unemployed on the date of the count in January 1982—the latest date for which information is available—was 28·1 weeks.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the most recent numbers of registered unemployed women in Scotland by region; what were the figures for the same date in 1979; and what are the respective increases in percentage terms.
The information is set out in the following table:
Numbers of Females Registered as Unemployed | |||
Region | April 1982 | April 1979 | Percentage increase |
Borders | 1,112 | 451 | 146·6 |
Central | 5,705 | 3,092 | 84·5 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 2,715 | 1,659 | 63·7 |
Fife | 6,200 | 3,776 | 64·2 |
Grampian | 5,359 | 2,685 | 99·6 |
Highland | 3,501 | 2,268 | 54·4 |
Lothian | 13,268 | 6,707 | 97·8 |
Strathclyde | 57,058 | 32,330 | 76·5 |
Tayside | 8,199 | 4,513 | 81·7 |
Orkney | 194 | 93 | 108·6 |
Shetland | 190 | 76 | 150·0 |
Western Isles | 390 | 247 | 57·9 |
Scotland | 103,891 | 57,897 | 79·4 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people, males and females, respectively, were unemployed in each employment exchange in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in April 1982.
The information is set out in the following table.
Numbers registered as unemployed on 15 April 1982 | |||
Males | Females | Total | |
Edinburgh* | 4,200 | 2,648 | 6,848 |
Edinburgh† | 6,214 | 2,076 | 8,290 |
Edinburgh‡ | 955 | 481 | 1,436 |
Leith | 3,593 | 1,152 | 4,745 |
Portobello | 2,320 | 753 | 3,073 |
Dalkeith | 1,893 | 935 | 2,828 |
Loanhead | 934 | 316 | 1,250 |
Musselburgh | 2,101 | 986 | 3,087 |
Penicuik | 429 | 318 | 747 |
Notes: Edinburgh: | |||
* South St. Andrew Street Jobcentre | |||
† Shandwick Place Jobcentre | |||
‡Western Hailes Jobcentre |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people, expressed numerically and as a percentage, were unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in April 1982; and what are the corresponding figures for males and females.
The information is set out in the following table.
Numbers registered as unemployed on 15 April 1982 | Percentage rate | |
Males | 22,639 | 14·2 |
9,665 | 7·7 | |
Total | 32,304 | 11·3 |
Note: The Edinburgh travel-to-work area comprises the five employment office areas within Edinburgh city together with the Dalkeith, Loanhead. Musselburgh and Penicuik employment office areas.