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Birth Statistics

Volume 26: debated on Tuesday 29 June 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of illegitimate live births in relation to all live births in the Ayrshire and Arran health board area and Kilmarnock and Loudoun area for the years 1980 and 1981, together with the percentage of illegitimate live births for the under 20-year-old age group in relation to all live births in that area for each of those years.

The information is given in the following table:

Illegitimate Live Births as a Percentage of All Live Births
Ayrshire and Arran health board areaKilmarnock and Loudoun local government district
Age group of mother19801981*19801981*
All ages10·811·711·812·7
Under 20 years of age37·640·144·938·1
* Provisional.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the percentage increases in total unemployment in (a) the Edinburgh travel-to-work area and (b) Scotland, from June to June in each of the past five years.

The information is set out in the following table:

Percentage Increase in Total Unemployment at June of each Year
Edinburgh travel-to-work areaScotland
1977–78-4·0+0·5
1978–79-4·8-2·3
1979–80+14·5+22·1
1980–81+38·3+37·0
1981–82+22·7+11·6

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the percentage increases in total unemployment in each employment exchange in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area from June to June in each of the past five years.