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Mr. McKelvey
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member For Kilmarnock on 19 April, Official Report, c. 32–33, if he will provide a more recent analysis of unemployment by Standard Industrial Classification of the number of those unemployed in Kilmarnock.
Mr. Alexander Fletcher
[pursuant to his reply, 27 May, c. 415]: An analysis by Standard Industrial Classification of the numbers registered as unemployed in Kilmarnock on 13 May 1982 is set out in the following table.
| Standard Industrial Classification | Numbers registered as unemployed in Kilmarnock on 13 May 1982 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing | 89 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 23 |
| Food, Drink and Tobacco | 219 |
| Coal and Petroleum Products | 6 |
| Chemicals and Allied Industries | 41 |
| Metal Manufacture | 21 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 611 |
| Instrument Engineering | 2 |
| Electrical Engineering | 17 |
| Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | 8 |
| Vehicles | 74 |
| Metal Goods not elsewhere specified | 81 |
| Textiles | 1,103 |
| Leather, Leather Goods and Fur | 13 |
| Clothing and Footwear | 124 |
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | 162 |
| Timber, Furniture, etc. | 37 |
| Paper, Printing and Publishing | 38 |
| Other Manufacturing Industries | 12 |
| Construction | 780 |
| Gas, Electricity and Water | 21 |
| Transport and Communication | 235 |
| Distributive Trades | 557 |
| Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services | 85 |
| Professional and Scientific Services | 176 |
| Miscellaneous Services | 558 |
| Public Administration and Defence | 389 |
| Not classified by industry | 1,195 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 6,677 |