§ 6. Mr. Juddasked the Minister of Labour how many supervisory, secretarial, clerical, executive, managerial and professional vacancies were filled through employment exchanges in each of the years 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966 how many such filled vacancies in each of these categories were in Government Ministries or departments; and how the number of those that were compared with the number filled through private employment agencies.
§ The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour (Mr. E. Fernyhough)The totals of executive, managerial and professional vacancies filled through employment exchanges can be given and with permission I will circulate these in the OFFICIAL REPORT. The other figures required are not available.
§ Mr. JuddWould my hon. Friend agree that the general public is not yet aware of the excellent services at a professional level which are provided by the exchanges? Do not these have a key rôle to play in streamlining the economy?
§ Mr. FernyhoughCertainly my Department is very glad to have that tribute from my hon. Friend.
§ Following is the information:
§ The number of vacancies—other than for technical and scientific posts—filled by the Professional and Executive Register were:
| 1962 | … | … | … | … | 5,590 |
| 1963 | … | … | … | … | 5,076 |
| 1964 | … | … | … | … | 5,483 |
| 1965 | … | … | … | … | 6,255 |
| 1966 | … | … | … | … | 6,355 |
§ It is not possible to show separately how many of these vacancies were executive, managerial or professional.