To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the employment performance of (a) Renfrew district, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland between 1980 and 1990.

[holding answer 27 February 1992]: Available data from the September 1981 and September 1989 censuses of employment show that (a) the number of employees in employment in Renfrew district was 10,800 in 1989 and 13,000 in 1981; (b) the number in Strathclyde was 861,200 in 1989 and 885,000 in 1981; and (c) the number in Scotland was 1,966,500 in 1989 and 1,965,500 in 1981.