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SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

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Scottish Economic Statistics 2000

Chart 3.1: Employee Jobs by Industry, June 1989 & 1999

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Source: Office for National Statistics

 

Table 3.12: Claimant unemployment1 and notified vacancies, Scotland 1990-19992

 

Unemployed

Notified vacancies4 thousands

Number (Thousands)

Rate (per cent of workforce3)

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

1990

202.0

148.5

53.5

8.2

10.6

5.0

18.8

1991

219.3

165.0

54.3

8.8

11.6

5.0

17.6

1992

238.8

182.5

56.3

9.4

12.7

5.1

17.5

1993

243.3

187.7

55.6

9.7

13.5

5.0

18.7

1994

228.4

176.8

51.5

9.3

12.8

4.7

20.4

1995

200.1

154.3

45.8

7.9

11.2

4.0

22.1

1996

191.9

147.5

44.4

7.7

11.0

3.9

21.1

1997

156.3

121.6

34.7

6.4

9.2

3.1

19.1

1998

138.1

106.6

31.5

5.7

8.2

2.8

24.2

1999

133.8

103.1

30.7

5.5

7.9

2.7

25.8

Source: Office for National Statistics

1 The claimant count consists of the people who are claiming unemployment-related benefits at Employment Service local offices and who have declared that they are unemployed, capable of, available for and actively seeking work during the week in which their claim is made.
2 Annual Average.
3 Workforce unemployment rates are calculated by expressing the numbers of claimant unemployed as percentages of the estimated total workforce (the sum of employees in employment, the unemployed, the self-employed, HM Armed Forces and participants on work-related government training programmes) at mid year.
4 Notified vacancies recorded at Job Centres only.

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