HC Deb 11 November 1971 vol 825 cc202-5W
50. Mr. Douglas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the statistics for the number of male unemployed and the number of unfilled vacancies for the Scottish economic planning sub-regions since June, 1970.

Mr. Dudley Smith:

Following is the information: Total numbers of males registered as unemployed, numbers of males registered as

Highland Region North East Region
Total unemployed Wholly unemployed Vacancies Total Unemployed Wholly unemployed Vacancies
June, 1970 … 4,396 3,958 511 4,105 3,801 345
July, 1970 … 4,322 4,024 4,024 4,899 4,441 313
August, 1970 … 4,598 4,393 338 4,583 4,277 293
September, 1970 … 5,010 4,675 317 4,274 4,109 268
October, 1970 … 5,364 4,808 330 4,418 4,029 260
November, 1970 … 5,838 5,010 265 5,609 4,380 254
December, 1970 … 5,464 5,115 338 5,117 4,597 777
January, 1971 … 6,613 5,737 246 5,717 5,448 173
February, 1971 … 6,412 5,699 297 5,559 5,430 220
March, 1971 … 6,218 5,568 373 5,733 5,411 265
April, 1971 … 5,703 5,399 414 5,970 5,497 226
May, 1971 … 5,211 4,788 369 5,427 5,002 196
June, 1971 … 5,168 4,743 337 5,032 4,715 215
July, 1971 … 5,388 5,000 293 5,849 5,342 238
August, 1971 … 5,679 5,396 247 5,900 5,469 222
September, 1971 … 5,871 5,473 301 5,528 5,277 151
October, 1971 … 6.120 5,660 227 5,538 5,216 152
Tayside Region Edinburgh Region
Total unemployed Wholly unemployed Vacancies Total Unemployed Wholly unemployed Vacancies
June, 1970 … 5,055 4,947 680 12,531 12,352 1,845
July, 1970 … 5,455 5,410 733 14,582 14,007 1,750
August, 1970 … 5,583 5,489 757 15,148 14,083 1,688
September, 1970 … 5,391 5,356 775 13,736 13,680 1,620
October, 1970 … 5,310 5,222 728 13,153 13,099 1,430
November, 1970 … 5,531 5,445 570 13,871 13,731 1,242
December, 1970 … 6,131 5,921 520 14,496 14,351 1,503
January, 1971 … 6,974 6,895 450 16,154 16,124 919
February, 1971 … 6,964 6,805 452 16,722 16,432 985
March, 1971 … 7,124 6,746 585 17,021 16,674 921
April, 1971 … 7,220 7,121 542 17,783 17,664 1,006
May, 1971 … 7,598 7,193 437 17,147 17,067 972
June 1971 … 7,468 6,887 518 19,830 16,768 1,039
July 1971 … 8,340 7,676 367 21,333 18,459 905
August 1971 … 8,016 7,806 351 18,558 18,530 1,043
September, 1911 … 7,916 7,878 384 17,707 17,624 1,021
October. 1971 … 7,541 7,412 340 17,621 17.563 994
Falkirk/Stirling Region Glasgow Region
Total unemployed Wholly unemployed Vacancies Total Unemployed Wholly unemployed Vacancies
June. 1970 … 2,579 2,302 560 37,357 36,702 4,274
July 1970 … 2,721 2,602 483 41,237 40,472 4,091
August. 1970 … 2,884 2,720 385 42,834 42,732 3,711
September, 1970 … 2,588 2,568 349 42,772 42,013 3,260
October, 1970 … 2,709 2,612 304 44,255 42,834 3,000
November, 1970 … 2,949 2,821 298 43,436 43,027 3,188
December, 1970 … 3,220 3,045 455 45,928 44,311 4,303
January, 1971 … 3,631 3,517 284 50,666 50,459 2,419
February, 1971 … 4,600 3,534 214 51,041 50,629 2,209
March, 1971 … 3,967 3,674 248 54,980 51,593 2,073
April, 1971 … 4,603 4,098 253 54,787 54,183 2,105
May, 1971 … 4,725 4,194 253 54,861 54,117 1,977
June, 1971 … 4,460 4,072 202 54,811 54,049 3,073
holy, 1971 … 3,650 3,641 180 61,174 60,461 2,474
August, 1971 … 4,053 3,786 182 63,135 62,725 1,591
September, 1971 … 3,917 3,801 173 63,145 62,801 1,518
October, 1971 … 4.080 3,860 148 64,481 62,703 1.573
wholly unemployed and notified vacancies for males, remaining unfilled in the planning regions of Scotland.
South West Region Border Region
Total unemployed Wholly unemployed Vacancies Total Unemployed Wholly unemployed Vacancies
June, 1970 … 1,964 1,931 195 851 820 422
July, 1970 … 2,070 2,021 160 910 854 359
August, 1970 … 2,060 2,041 172 984 976 301
September, 1970 … 1,956 1,914 185 1,144 967 236
October, 1970 … 1,981 1,949 180 1,301 992 213
November, 1970 … 2,136 2,038 166 1,329 1,159 190
December, 1970 … 2,141 2,098 158 1,577 1,401 200
January, 1971 … 2,306 2,253 118 1,668 1,494 152
February, 1971 … 2,305 2,187 142 1,629 1,447 132
March, 1971 … 2,206 2,103 133 1,426 1,315 124
April, 1971 … 2,162 2,126 116 1,353 1,338 129
May, 1971 … 2,150 2,105 117 1,148 1,125 138
June, 1971 … 2,302 2,235 125 1,141 1,125 187
July, 1971 … 2,592 2,539 92 1,275 1,245 157
August, 1971 … 2,683 2,654 114 1,315 1,300 156
September, 1971 … 2,652 2,601 101 1,205 1,177 113
October, 1971 … 2,765 2,642 86 1,571 1,317 98

The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.