§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of notified vacancies per 100 males unemployed in food, drink and tobacco, metal manufacture, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, vehicles, chemicals and construction in June 1973 in each planning region of the United Kingdom; and if he will show how this compares with March 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
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§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of notified vacancies per 100 unemployed males and females in each of the planning regions of the United
Unfilled vacancies per hundred unemployed June 1973 (Provisional) March 1972 Males Females Males Females South East … … … … 123.1 565.7 23.9 121.2 East Anglia … … … … 94.0 397.8 14.1 67.9 South West … … … … 76.6 354.9 14.5 70.3 West Midlands … … … … 56.8 186.4 7.9 45.4 East Midlands … … … … 67.0 268.3 13.4 89.3 Yorkshire & Humberside … … … … 39.3 182.1 7.2 51.6 North West … … … … 23.9 126.8 5.2 33.0 North … … … … 20.4 86.9 5.2 28.8 Wales … … … … 27.8 110.4 7.8 29.1 Scotland … … … … 17.3 58.5 3.1 14.1 Northern Ireland … … … … 13.3 28.1 3.9 16.9 Vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour. The ratios are not adjusted to take account of seasonal factors.