§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many job vacancies have been filled in the Greater London area in each month since May 1979.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI am afraid that the precise information requested is not available. The number of job vacancies filled by employment offices and jobcentres in the Greater London area from 5 May 1979 to 3 April 1981 is as follows:
Period No. of weeks Vacancies filled 5 May 1979 to 8 June 1979 5 26,722 9 June 1979 to 6 July 1979 4 25,407 7 July 1979 to 3 August 1979 4 23,633 4 August 1979 to 7 September 1979 5 26,203 8 September 1979 to 5 October 1979 4 25,045 6 October 1979 to 2 November 1979 4 25,335 3 November 1979 to 30 November 1979 4 24,812 1 December 1979 to 4 January 1980 5 17,196 5 January 1980 to 8 February 1980 5 29,159 9 February 1980 to 7 March 1980 4 23,409 8 March 1980 to 2 April 1980 3.6 19,898 3 April 1980 to 2 May 1980 4.4 21,423 3 May 1980 to 6 June 1980 5 25,596 7 June 1980 to 4 July 1980 4 21,919 5 July 1980 to 8 August 1980 5 22,690 9 August 1980 to 5 September 1980 4 18,717 6 September 1980 to 3 October 1980 4 22,178 4 October 1980 to 7 November 1980 5 25,425 8 November 1980 to 7 December 1980 4 18,236 8 December 1980 to 9 January 1981 5 14,089 10 January 1981 to 6 February 1981 4 20,056 7 February 1981 to 6 March 1981 4 22,313 7 March 1981 to 3 April 1981 4 20,184 The actual number of job vacancies filled in Greater London during the period will have been much greater as the percentage of all vacancies in the area filled by the Manpower Services Commission is estimated to be about 20 per cent.