HC Deb 18 January 1977 vol 924 cc131-4W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the vacancy and unemployment levels of toolmakers and press toolmakers for each quarter since 1960 to the present date.

Mr. Golding

Information for toolmakers and press toolmakers separately is available only up to September 1972. For December 1972 and later dates, information is available only for the whole of the group "toolmakers, toolfitters and markers out". The following table shows the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices in Great Britain for employment in these occupations. It also shows corresponding unfilled vacancies; these are notified vacancies only and are not a measure of total vacancies.

Toolmakers
Unemployed Notified vacancies
1960—
March 113 262
June 75 385
September 110 386
December 101 424
1961—
March 71 670
June 59 565
September 70 507
December 95 439
1962—
March 122 421
June 157 303
September 180 242
December 285 173
1963—
March 339 188
June 243 125
September 222 185
December 148 181
1964—
March 123 227
June 83 278
September 88 287
December 71 352
1965—
March 71 453
June 89 470
September 90 458
December 47 425
1966—
March 59 466
June 53 509
September 77 534
December 135 431
1967—
March 182 440
June 186 386
September 178 342
December 213 339
1968—
March 196 304
June 197 324
September 232 308
December 187 386
Toolmakers
Unemployed Notified vacancies
1969—
March 159 439
June 138 476
September 168 529
December 167 682
1970—
March 184 500
June 208 463
September 250 485
December 211 379
1971—
March 349 266
June 501 145
September 572 110
December 747 106
1972—
March 732 104
June 614 137
September 537 168
Toolmakers, Toolfitters and Markers out
Unemployed Notified vacancies
1972—
December 1,003 598
1973—
March 843 824
June 587 1,114
September 508 1,434
December 421 1,633
1974—
March 493 1,198
June 403 1,460
September 449 1,644
December*
1975—
March 740 894
June 1,037 599
September 1,579 586
December 1,618 438
1976—
March 1,673 421
June 1,552 520
September 1,458 692
December*
*Because of industrial action by some staff within the Department of Employment Group information for December 1974 and December 1976 is not available
Press tool makers
Unemployed Notified vacancies
1960—
March 55 319
June 40 304
September 53 371
December 40 302
1961—
March 44 332
June 42 353
September 49 315
December 64 259
1962—
March 62 257
June 44 177
September 98 152
December 165 7
Press toll makers
Unemployed Notified vacancies
1963—
March 220 97
June 181 79
September 142 155
December 99 166
1964—
March 78 237
June 43 297
September 48 249
December 35 329
1965—
March 54 379
June 42 433
September 48 351
December 34 369
1966—
March 44 514
June 38 454
September 53 561
December 101 470
1967—
March 127 477
June 134 435
September 156 303
December 145 356
1968—
March 151 282
June 144 326
September 175 366
December 117 356
1969—
March 138 386
June 112 427
September 104 440
December 88 396
1970—
March 141 404
June 127 362
September 176 339
December 129 296
1971—
March 201 220
June 275 127
September 426 91
December 521 87
1972—
March 519 80
June 454 132
September 384 164

The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and do not include those notified to careers offices.