To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing by district council ward the numbers unemployed in the constituency of Greenock and Port Glasgow in 1979, 1983, 1987 and for the latest date for which figures are available.
The table gives the number of unemployed claimants by district council wards for Greenock and Port Glasgow constituency for May 1990, the latest figures available, May 1987 and June 1983, the earliest figures available. Figures on the number unemployed by ward are not available before June 1983.
| Ward | 1990 | 1987 | 1983 |
| Port Glasgow East | 397 | 759 | 695 |
| Port Glasgow South | 337 | 671 | 487 |
| Clune Brae | 305 | 642 | 433 |
| Port Glasgow West | 274 | 357 | 277 |
| Gibshill | 407 | 838 | 723 |
| Blairmore | 262 | 420 | 489 |
| Bellville | 310 | 493 | 368 |
Ward
| 1990
| 1987
| 1983
|
| Greenock East Central | 525 | 663 | 561 |
| Broomhill | 192 | 330 | 235 |
| Gateside | 208 | 322 | 213 |
| Bow | 342 | 572 | 462 |
| Larkfield | 286 | 567 | 414 |
| Upper Larkfield | 323 | 643 | 641 |
| Greenock South | 251 | 493 | 403 |
| Greenock West Central | 160 | 356 | 239 |
| Greenock West End | 123 | 205 | 120 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the percentage change in employment in (a) the service sector, (b) self-employment and (c) manufacturing industry between 1979 and 1990.
Between December 1979 and December 1989, the latest date for which figures are available, the number of employees in employment in the service sector increased by 10.5 per cent., and the number of employees in employment in the manufacturing sector decreased by 29.0 per cent. Over the same period the number of people who are self-employed is estimated to have increased by 54.1 per cent.