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Unemployment Statistics

Volume 22: debated on Wednesday 28 April 1982

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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
RegionApril 1982April 1979Percentage increase
Borders1,112451146·6
Central5,7053,09284·5
Dumfries and Galloway2,7151,65963·7
Fife6,2003,77664·2
Grampian5,3592,68599·6
Highland3,5012,26854·4
Lothian13,2686,70797·8
Strathclyde57,05832,33076·5
Tayside8,1994,51381·7
Orkney19493108·6
Shetland19076150·0
Western Isles39024757·9
Scotland103,89157,89779·4

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
MalesFemalesTotal
Edinburgh*4,2002,6486,848
Edinburgh†6,2142,0768,290
Edinburgh‡9554811,436
Leith3,5931,1524,745
Portobello2,3207533,073
Dalkeith1,8939352,828
Loanhead9343161,250
Musselburgh2,1019863,087
Penicuik429318747
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 1982Percentage rate
Males22,63914·2
9,6657·7
Total32,30411·3

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.