§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total number of registered job vacancies in Dundee, and also provide a breakdown by standard industrial classification.
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§ Mr. Alexander FletcherOn 8 May 1981, the latest date for which an industrial analysis is available, there were 288 vacancies notified to the employment office and one notified to the careers office in Dundee remaining unfilled. The following table gives an analysis by standard industrial classification of the vacancies notified to the employment office. The figures do not purport to be a measure of all vacancies in Dundee.
Unfilled Vacancies: Dundee Standard Industrial Classification Employment Office Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing — Mining and Quarrying — Food, Drink and Tobacco 2 Coal and Petroleum Products — Chemicals and Allied Industries 24 Metal Manufacture — Mechanical Engineering 1 Instrument Engineering 2 Electrical Engineering 1 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 3 Vehicles — Metal Goods not elsewhere specified — Textiles — Leather, Leather Goods and Fur — Clothing and Footwear 19 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. — Timber, Furniture, etc. 2 Paper, Printing and Publishing 1 Other Manufactuiing Industries — Construction 5 Gas, Electricity and Water 3 Transport and Communication 5 Distributive Trades 62 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 20 Professional and Scientific Services 46 Miscellaneous Services 40 Public Administration and Defence 52 Total 288