§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what vacancies for skilled workers are currently available in the county of Dyfed at the latest available date; what were the corresponding figures for the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoldingThis Department's vacancy statistics do not provide comprehensive occupational analyses on a skill basis However, separate figures are now compiled for counties and larger areas showing the numbers of unfilled vacancies in six broad groups, one of which is craft and similar occupations, including foremen, in occupations associated with processing production, repairing, etc. This group will include many, but by no 155W means all, skilled occupations. At September 1976, the latest date for which information is available, there were 222 unfilled vacancies in this group notified to employment offices in the county of Dyfed. This figure relates only to notified vacancies and is not a measure of total vacancies. Similar information is not available for earlier dates. There is no evidence at the present time of any general shortage of skilled labour in Dyfed which is impeding production.