Question follow-through · 109871
Unemployment: Scotland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were unemployed for over last 12 months in (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh in each of the last 12 months; and what proportion of those people were unemployed for 18 months or more in each month.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were unemployed for over last 12 months in (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh in each of the last 12 months; and what proportion of those people were unemployed for 18 months or more in each month.
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2026
Answer published
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 30th January is attached.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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