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The official source for statistics for Scotland on the number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) is the Annual Population Survey. The numbers of 16 to 19-year-olds not in education, employment or training for each of the last 10 years for which data are available are given in the following table:

16 to 19-Year-Olds Not in Employment, Education or Training, Scotland 1998-2007

1998	37,000
1999	36,000
2000	39,000
2001	37,000
2002	36,000
2003	35,000
2004	35,000
2005	37,000
2006	32,000
2007	32,000

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Calendar Quarters combined for 1996-2002. The 2003 figure includes some of the boost from the Annual Scottish LFS (ASLFS). Data from 2004 onwards are taken from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The APS and ASLFS include boosts to the main LFS. This means there is a discontinuity in the series.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23545 on 19 May 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

The precise information requested is not held by the Scottish Government. However, statistical information on placing requests, including numbers of appeals, can be found on the Scottish Government''s website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PubPlacingRequests.

The precise information requested is not held by the Scottish Government. However, statistical information on placing requests, broken down by local authority, can be found on the Scottish Government''s website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PubPlacingRequests.

This information is not held centrally.

This information is not held centrally.

Information on the number of employee jobs by industry is collected each year from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI). The most recent year for which data is available is 2007. The ABI does not include self-employed jobs.

Table 1 shows the number of employee jobs in the textile manufacturing industry by parliamentary constituency from 1997 to 2007.

Please note that there are two discontinuities in the time series:

(1)     Estimates for 2005 and earlier are on a different basis to those from 2006 onwards, mainly due to a change in the survey reference date.

(2)     Estimates for 1997-2002 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1992 codes, whereas estimates for 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

It has only been possible to provide data for a small number of parliamentary constituencies as data for the majority of parliamentary constituencies are confidential and must be suppressed. Data are considered confidential if it is possible either directly, or by deduction, to reveal the identity of an enterprise.

Table 1: Employee Jobs in the Textile Manufacturing Industry by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, 1997-2007

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Scotland	19,100	17,500	16,100	14,200	11,900	11,900	10,600	9,900	8,800	7,500	7,500
Aberdeen Central	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Aberdeen North	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Aberdeen South	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Airdrie and Shotts	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Angus	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Argyll and Bute	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ayr	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Banff and Buchan	300	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	200	*
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Central Fife	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Clydebank and Milngavie	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Clydesdale	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Coatbridge and Chryston	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Cunninghame North	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Cunninghame South	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dumbarton	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dumfries	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dundee East	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dundee West	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dunfermline East	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dunfermline West	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
East Kilbride	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
East Lothian	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Eastwood	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Edinburgh Central	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Edinburgh North and Leith	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Edinburgh Pentlands	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Edinburgh South	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Edinburgh West	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Falkirk East	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Falkirk West	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Glasgow Anniesland	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Glasgow Baillieston	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Glasgow Cathcart	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Glasgow Govan	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Glasgow Kelvin	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Glasgow Maryhill	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Glasgow Pollok	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Glasgow Rutherglen	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Glasgow Shettleston	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Glasgow Springburn	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gordon	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Greenock and Inverclyde	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hamilton North and Bellshill	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hamilton South	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	1,600	1,500	1,500	1,400	1,100	1,000	1,000	700	400	400	400
Kirkcaldy	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Linlithgow	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Livingston	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Midlothian	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Moray	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Motherwell and Wishaw	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
North East Fife	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
North Tayside	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ochil	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Orkney and Shetland**	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Paisley North	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Paisley South	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perth	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	2,900	1,900	2,400	2,300	2,100	2,300	2,000	2,100	1,800	1,400	1,400
Stirling	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	1,700	1,100	1,300	1,000	900	1,100	800	1,000	900	700	600
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
West Renfrewshire	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Western Isles	300	400	200	200	300	200	100	200	200	100	100

Source:

1998-2007: Annual Business Inquiry (ABI), Office for National Statistics.

1997: Annual Employment Survey, Office for National Statistics.

Notes:

*Data suppressed as confidential, 1947 Statistics of Trade Act.

**It has not been possible to analyse Orkney and Shetland separately. The data has been obtained from the Nomis website, as the microdata are not held centrally.

1. Textile manufacturing is defined as Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Division 17.

2. These data are based on employee jobs rather than people in employment i.e. one person may have more than one job. They do not include self employed jobs.

3. Data are rounded to the nearest hundred.

4. ABI data are workplace based.

5. Data from 1997-2002 are based on SIC 1992 codes. Data from 2003 onwards are based on 2003 SIC codes.

6. The reference period for data in 1997-2005 was December. The reference period from 2006 onwards was September.

This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0312-01.htm

This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0305-01.htm

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