§ Mr. Orbachasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men, women, and juveniles, respectively, were unemployed in Stockport in the month of September for the years 1964, 1967, 1970, and 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
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NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE STOCKPORT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE Men Women Boys and Girls Total September, 1964 698 198 254 1,150 September, 1967 1,262 262 267 1,791 September, 1970 1,519 191 186 1,896 September, 1971 2,648 271 273 3,192
§ Mr. Orbachasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many vacancies for employment there were in Stockport at the latest available date, in the categories men, women, juveniles, skilled and unskilled, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 6th October, 131 notified vacancies for men, 224 for women and 126 for boys and girls remained unfilled in the area covered by the Stockport Employment Exchange. A full occupational analysis of the numbers of unfilled vacancies for men and women, but not boys and girls, is made quarterly.
The following table shows information for 8th September, the latest date for which a full occupational analysis was made:
NOTIFIED VACANCIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN REMAINING UNFILLED AT 8TH SEPTEMBER, 1971, IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE STOCKPORT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE Men Women Engineering, construction, vehicle building, woodworking and printing occupations generally regarded as skilled 52 3 Labouring and certain similar occupations generally regarded as unskilled 7 20 All other occupations 45 183 104 206 The statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
MEN REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED WHO LAST WORKED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY RECORDED UNDER THE OCCUPATIONS FOR WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED October, 1971 October, 1969 Scotland England and Wales Scotland England and Wales Carpenter, joiner, shutterer … … … 1,263 3,250 659 3,528 Bricklayer … … … 670 1,675 360 2,854 Mason, stone carver … … … 50 105 54 150 Slater, tiler, thatcher etc … … … 322 635 227 424 Plasterer … … … 298 730 144 1,023 Floor and wall tiler etc … … … 85 334 41 275 Painter, decorator, signwriter … … … 733 4,669 422 4,187 Plumber, gas fitter etc … … … 975 3,066 244 1,994 Glazier … … … 52 132 18 113 Pavior, road etc. surface layer … … … 99 446 66 341 Steel erector, sheeter … … … 454 2,158 202 1,670 Electrician, cable jointer, linesman … … 899 2,626 260 1,538 Mechanical handling plant etc. operator … 601 2,127 294 1,347 Erector, millwright, maintenance fitter … … 151 788 59 567 Miscellaneous building and civil engineering Worker … … … 2,381 6,698 1,104 5,278 Labourer … … … 13,275 50,597 9,168 38,722 Foreman … … … 90 474 36 487 All other occupations … … … 3,529 16,514 1,973 11,377 Total, all occupations … … … 25,927 97,024 15,331 75,875