HC Deb 21 November 1977 vol 939 cc591-2W
Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many new job opportunities in Cumbria have been notified to him since 1st October 1966.

Mr. Golding

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that in formation is only available about the numbers of unfilled vacancies notified by employers. This information is not available for periods prior to January 1973. Information for subsequent periods is as follows:

NUMBER OF UNFILLED VACANCIES NOTIFIED TO LOCAL OFFICES IN CUMBRIA
January 1973 to November 1974 … 40,675
March 1975 to October 1976 … 27,230
March 1977 to October 1977 … 13,268
Total 81,173

Statistics for the intervening periods are not available.

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