§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed men and boys there are for every registered vacancy in each of the employment exchange areas in the Northern Region.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information.
AT OCTOBER, 1972, NUMBER OF MALES REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, EXCEPT TEMPORARILY STOPPED WORKERS, TO EVERY MALE VACANCY REMAINING UNFILLED, IN THE NORTH REGION IN EMPLOY EXCHANGE OR, WHERE APPROPRIATE, TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREAS Alnwick 21.1 Amble 21.3 Ashington 52.4 Barnard Castle 6.2 Bedlington 29.0 Berwick-on-Tweed 5.6 Blyth 47.3 Durham 5.8 Haltwhistle 15.5 Hexham 9.9 Kendal 1.9 Keswick 2.7 Malton 4.8 Millom 12.9 Morpeth 15.5 Northallerton 2.0 Penrith 1.3 Pickering 3.2 Richmond 1.7 Scarborough 29.3 Seaton Delaval 12.4 Thirsk 3.4 Whitby 13.6 Carlisle* 5.0 Chester-le-Street* 25.4 Consett* 16.5 Darlington* 4.6 Bishop Auckland* 13.3 Hartlepool* 72.2 Peterlee* 72.0 Teesside* 15.0 Tyneside* 15.5 Wearside* 19.4 Whitehaven* 17.0 Workington* 9.7 * Travel-to-work area. The vacancy statistics on which the calculations are based relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.