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13.
Mr. Norman Hogg
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs have been lost, and how many created, since June 1979 in each of the new towns in Scotland.
Mr. Lang
The available information on jobs created and lost in each of the new towns since 1979 is given in the table which will be published in the Official Report.
Jobs created | Jobs lost | |
1979–1987 | 1979–1987 | |
Cumbernauld | 5,378 | 7,653 |
East Kilbride | 8,965 | 12,508 |
Glenrothes1 | 6,560 | 7,852 |
Irvine | 6,522 | 9,190 |
Livingston | 9,086 | 6,675 |
1 Figures for 1979–86. |