§ Mr. Staintonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the total numbers of employed and the number of unfilled vacancies in the Ipswich, Sudbury
EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT (Thousands) Ipswich Sudbury Woodbridge June 1972 … … … … 69.8 9.2 10.7 June 1976 … … … … 73.7 12.0 11.4 The numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled in May of each of the
VACANCIES NOTIFIED TO EMPLOYMENT OFFICES AND CAREERS OFFICES AND REMAINING UNFILLED Ipswich Sudbury Woodbridge Employment Office Careers Office Employment Office Careers Office Employment Office Careers Office May 1972 … … 342 186 97 27 73 52 May 1974 … … 976 380 226 132 259 73 May 1976 … … 141 222* 66 * 62 * May 1978 … … 599 130* 91 * 136 * Note: The statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication the two series should not be added together. * Figures for the Sudbury and Woodbridge careers offices, which closed in November 1974, are now included in those for the Bury St. Edmunds and Ipswich careers offices respectively.