Dundee

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the companies and firms which have closed down in Dundee since 1979.

No; comprehensive information is not available, and details of individual companies cannot be disclosed for reasons of confidentiality.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland in how many instances since 1979 the Manpower Services Commission was notified of redundancies in Dundee; and how many jobs were involved.

There are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies. The following information relates to the number of redundancies, affecting 10 or more workers, notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the Dundee travel-to-work area during the period January 1980 to December 1986. The number of reports received was 306, confirming 16,712 redundancies.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the number of people unemployed in Dundee as per standard industrial classification order when such figures were last available.

Information for May 1982 is given in the table below. It cannot be provided for any later date because the industrial analysis on which it is based was then discontinued.

Number of unemployed registrants in the Dundee Jobcentre area in May 1982
Industry in which previously employed (1968 Standard Industrial Classification)	Number
1. Agriculture, forestry, fishing	204
2. Mining and quarrying	88
3. Food, drink and tobacco	571
4. Coal and petroleum products	10
5. Chemicals and allied industries	34
6. Metal manufacture	125
7. Mechanical engineering	149
8. Instrument engineering	608
9. Electrical engineering	270
10. Shipbuilding and marine engineering	349
11. Vehicles	28
12. Metal goods not elsewhere specified	92
13. Textiles	1,619
14. Leather, leather goods and fur	5
15. Clothing and footwear	125
16. Bricks, pottery, glass, cement	25
17. Timber, furniture etc.	137
18. Paper, printing and publishing	214
19. Other manufacturing	122
20. Construction	1,531
21. Gas, electricity and water	55
22. Transport and communications	516
23. Distributive trade	1,525
24. Insurance, banking, etc.	175
25. Professional and scientific services	723
26. Miscellaneous services	1,528
27. Public administration and defence	826
— None or not classified by industry	3,417
Total	15,071

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the number of people unemployed in Dundee by age group; and what were the corresponding figures in 1979.

The information is not available in the precise form requested. The number of unemployed claimants by age group in the city of Dundee district on 14 July 1983 and on 9 October 1986 (the earliest and most recent dates for which such information can be provided) was as shown in the table below. As a result of the change in the timing of the count in March 1986, these figures cannot be directly compared.

City of Dundee district
Age group	July 1983	October 1986
Under 17	315	330
17	711	604
18	930	682
19	805	759
20 to 24	3,365	3,365
25 to 29	2,090	2,256
30 to 34	1,512	1,502
35 to 39	1,219	1,295
40 to 44	973	993
45 to 49	1,019	916
50 to 54	1,102	1,054
55 to 59	1,209	1,166
60 and over	384	207
TOTAL ALL AGES	15,634	15,129

This information is available in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in Dundee have currently been unemployed for one year or more; and what was the corresponding figure in 1979.

The information is not available in the precise form requested. The number of claimants who had been unemployed for one year or more in the city of Dundee district on 14 July 1983 and on 9 October 1986 (the earliest and most recent dates for which such information can be provided) was 5,797 and 6,686 respectively. As a result of the change in the timing of the count in March 1986, these figures cannot be directly compared.This information is available in the Library.

Volume 109: debated on Tuesday 27 January 1987