To ask the Scottish Executive what the change has been in the number of full-time permanent jobs, broken down by local authority area, since 1997, expressed also as a percentage of the number of such jobs. The table below shows, for Scotland and local authorities, the number of full-time jobs in 1997 and 2002 and net change and percentage change for this time period.It is not possible to obtain information about permanent jobs. 1997 (000) 2002 (000) Net Change 1997-2002 (000) Percentage Change 1997-2002 Scotland 1470.5 1552.9 82.4 5.6% Aberdeen City 118.2 117.2 -1 -0.8% Aberdeenshire 47.4 51.7 4.3 9.1% Angus 24 22.3 -1.7 -7.1% Argyll and Bute 22.8 21.5 -1.3 -5.7% Clackmannanshire 9.5* 9* -0.5 -5.3% Dumfries and Galloway 36.8 35.7 -1.1 -3.0% Dundee City 46.1* 46.4 0.3 0.7% East Ayrshire 26.3 26.3 0 0.0% East Dunbartonshire 14.3 15.8* 1.5 10.5% East Lothian 16.1 16.6 0.5 3.1% East Renfrewshire 9 11.2 2.2 24.4% Edinburgh, City of 185.3* 214.4 29.1 15.7% Eilean Siar 6.1 5.6 -0.5 -8.2% Falkirk 36.6 40 3.4 9.3% Fife 89.8 90 0.2 0.2% Glasgow City 244.3* 267* 22.7 9.3% Highland 53.4 59.7 6.3 11.8% Inverclyde 23.5* 21.6* -1.9 -8.1% Midlothian 13.9 16.2 2.3 16.5% Moray 20.5 20.5 0 0.0% North Ayrshire 30.6 28.1 -2.5 -8.2% North Lanarkshire 75.2 85.3 10.1 13.4% Orkney Islands 5.1 4.3 -0.8 -15.7% Perthshire and Kinross 36.5 37.1 0.6 1.6% Renfrewshire 56.9 52.4 -4.5 -7.9% Scottish Borders 27.4 27.3 -0.1 -0.4% Shetland Islands 7.3 5.3 -2 -27.4% South Ayrshire 30.8 29.7 -1.1 -3.6% South Lanarkshire 68.5 78.5 10 14.6% Stirling 25 27.4 2.4 9.6% West Dunbartonshire 19.4 18.9 -0.5 -2.6% West Lothian 44.1 50 5.9 13.4% Note:*These figures are aggregates from which agriculture class 0100 (1992 SIC) have been excluded.