§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the ratio of wholly unemployed males to notified vacancies in Scotland, Wales, Greater London and the regions of England; and what is the corresponding ratio for unemployed youths.
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§ Mr. BoothThe following table shows the numbers of unemployed males and females and the numbers of unfilled vacancies at employment offices and careers offices. Vacancies are no longer recorded separately for males and females. The vacancy figures relate only to those notified to these offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. The vacancies notified to employment offices are
NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED AND NOTIFIED UNFILLED VACANCIES AT MARCH 1976 Numbers unemployed Notified unfilled vacancies (males and females) Males Females Employment Offices Careers Offices Scotland … 107,299 37,829 14,370 1,281 Wales … 57,715 16,581 4,533 577 Greater London … 116,628 27,975 20,383 4,287 South East (including Greater London) … 237,291 61,582 40,700 8,289 East Anglia … 26,280 6,879 3,209 958 South West … 78,347 23,073 7,430 1,497 West Midlands … 99,759 28,081 5,554 1,994 East Midlands … 54,618 14,794 6,258 1,966 Yorkshire and Humberside … 85,475 22,632 7,805 1,871 North West … 146,860 38,737 9,753 1,957 North … 68,850 21,891 7,298 836