§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for Wales the number of job vacancies unfilled per 100 registered unemployed for each year from 1966 to 1980.
Nos. registered as Notified Unfilled Vacancies unemployed At employment offices At careers offices April 1966 … … … 26,401 10,642 3,767 April 1967 … … … 40,388 7,532 1,992 April 1968 … … … 39,661 7,089 2,845 April 1969 … … … 39,221 7,471 2,799 April 1970 … … … 39,656 6,331 2,513 April 1971 … … … 43,852 5,204 1,895 April 1972 … … … 52,621 5,048 1,709 April 1973 … … … 37,793 8,066 2,587 April 1974 … … … 37,941 8,911 3,182 April 1975 … … … 51,033 6,516 1,381 April 1976 … … … 73,872 5,355 739 April 1977 … … … 80,471 6,652 569 April 1978 … … … 89,481 8,830 448 April 1979 … … … 84,218 9,849 675 April 1980 … … … 97,357 7,983 306 NB: Figures for 1973 and 1974 were affected by the raising of the school leaving age in 1972.