HC Deb 28 November 1974 vol 882 cc236-7W
Mr. Nicholas Edwards

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of unfilled vacancies in Wales in each month of 1973 and 1974.

Mr. John Fraser

Vacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Following is the information for Wales.

NOTIFIED UNFILLED VACANCIES: WALES
Notified to Employment Offices Notified to Careers Offices
1973:
January … … 5,317 1,735
February … … 6,566 1,824
March … … 7,100 2,005
April … … 8,066 2,587
May … … 9,208 3,141
June … … 9,820 3,413
July … … 9,739 3,715
August … … 9,322 4,142
September … … 9,710 4,138
October … … 9,832 4,343
November … … 9,362 3,521
December … … 8,967 3,340
1974:
January … … 7,821 2,508
February … … 7,308 2,285
March … … 7,731 2,253
April … … 8,911 3,182
May … … 9,335 3,218
June … … 10,153 3,320
July … … 10,072 3,415
August … … 9,411 2,863
September … … 9,728 2,775
October … … 8,949 2,356
November … … 8,288 2,225

From April 1974, vacancies notified to employment offices include some that are suitable for young persons and those notified to careers offices include some that are suitable for adults. Because of possible duplication the two series should not be added together.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of males in employment in Wales in each November from 1964 to date.

Mr. John Fraser

Statistics of the numbers employed in Wales are available for each mid-year and the most recent figures are for June 1973. Following is the available information:

MALE EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT: WALES
(thousands)
June1964 … … … 673
June1965 … … … 670
June1966 … … … 664
June1967 … … … 640
June1968 … … … 629
June1969 (a) … … … 618
(b) … … … 620
June1970 … … … 608
June1971 (a) … … … 603
(b) … … … 629
June1972 … … … 630
June1973 … … … 636

NOTES:

From June 1969 (b) the estimates include improved information about the location of employees in the distributive trades.

The estimates for June 1971 (a) and earlier dates are based on counts of national insurance cards. The figures from June 1971 (b) are from the annual census of employment.