§ Mr. Buchanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the ratio of male vacancies to unemployed workers in the Paisley travel-to-work area at the latest available date; and what were the comparable figures in 1970, 1969 and 1968.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
Notified vacancies for males remaining unfilled per hundred males registered as wholly unemployed in the Paisely travel-to-work area. June, 1971 (provisional) … … 4.8 June, 1970 … … 22.1 June, 1969 … … 22.6 June, 1968 … … 27.2 The figures are based only on notified vacancies remaining unfilled which do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.