asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the percentage unemployment rate in textiles in Dundee in each of the past five years.
The information is set out in the attached table:
| Unemployment rate in the textile industry in Dundee | |
| Date | Percentage |
| May 1978 | 14·6 |
| May 1979 | 13·7 |
| May 1980 | 13·6 |
| May 1981 | 21·8 |
| May 1982 | 20·5 |
Note:
The percentages are based on the 1977 census of employment and are subject to revision when later census results become available.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of people employed in the textile industry in Dundee in each year since 1975.
Provisional estimates of employment in the textile industry in Dundee are:
| Number | |
| 1975 | 7,899 |
| 1976 | 7,051 |
| 1977 | 6,751 |
| 1978 | 6,112 |
| 1979 | 6,138 |
| 1980 | 5,148 |
| 1981 | 4,327 |
Note:
These estimates are based on the Scottish manufacturing establishments record, and relate to units employing 11 or more persons in order 13 of the Standard Industrial Classification.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of jobs lost in textiles in Dundee in each year since 1979.
Comprehensive information on job losses is not available. The table below shows the numbers of jobs involved in redundancies affecting 10 or more workers which were notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the textile industry in Dundee in each year since 1979.
| Year | Jobs lost through redundancies |
| 1979 | 181 |
| 1980 | 1,950 |
| 1981 | 523 |
| 1982 (to end August) | 329 |