§ Mr. Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of unfilled vacancies for women and girls in the clothing and footwear industry notified to his Department in the areas covered by the Macclesfield constituency at the most recent date.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 7th June, the numbers of notified vacancies for women and girls remaining unfilled in the clothing and footwear industries were 18 in the Macclesfield employment exchange area and seven in the Congleton area. The figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
§ Mr. Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of vacancies in the textile industry notified to his Department in the areas covered by the Macclesfield constituency at the most recent date.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 7th June the numbers of notified vacancies in the textiles industries remaining unfilled in the Macclesfield and Congleton employment exchange areas were 11 and two, respectively. The figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
§ Mr. Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of unfilled vacancies in the construction industry notified to his Department 374W the five remaining public sector settlements.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThere are four pay settlements concluded by individual authorities in the public sector which it would not be proper for me to publish without their consent. I am therefore seeking this consent and will write to the hon. Member. The following settlement should be added to the reply I gave to the hon. Member on 22nd June, 1972.—[Vol. 839, c. 160–62.]
in the areas covered by the Macclesfield constituency at the most recent date.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 7th June the numbers of notified vacancies in the construction industry remaining unfilled in the Macclesfield and Congleton employment exchange areas were 12 and one, respectively. The figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
§ Mr. Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were unemployed at the most recent count in the employment areas in the Macclesfield constituency; and how these compared with those obtaining in March, 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 12th June, the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the areas covered by the Macclesfield and Congleton employment exchanges were 753 and 226, respectively. The corresponding figures for 13th March were 921 and 248.
§ Mr. Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of vacancies for employment as notified to him from the employment exchanges in the Macclesfield constituency, and what was the number of vacancies in March, 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithIn the area covered by the Macclesfield and Congleton employment exchanges, the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at 7th June and 8th March, 1972, were 224 375W and 241 respectively. The figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.