§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Employment, in pursuance of the answer to the hon. Member for Walsall, North of 16 February concerning 289W registered vacancies in the West Midlands and Walsall, if he will now provide a breakdown by occupational group of the registered vacancies in (a) the West Midlands and (b) the Walsall travel-to-work area in May 1979 and at the latest available date.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information is available in March, June, September and December. The following table gives the numbers of vacancies remaining unfilled at employment offices in the areas specified at June 1979 and December 1981 (not seasonally adjusted). The figures for careers offices are not analysed by occupation. The statistics relate only to those notified to employment offices and are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the economy as a whole.
Numbers of vacancies remaining unfilled at employment offices West Midlands region Walsall travel-to-work area Occupational group June 1979 December 1981 June 1979 December 1981 Managerial (general management) 2 15 — — Professional and related supporting management and administration 149 143 — 1 Professional and related in education, welfare and health 390 323 31 17 Literary, artistic and sports 38 44 — 1 Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields 406 212 16 4 Managerial (excluding general management) 260 263 10 10 Clerical and related 1,933 1,104 112 66 Selling 1,106 1,146 67 53 Security and protective service 255 73 5 8 Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service 2,424 1,036 145 61 Farming, fishing and related 216 69 18 5 Materials processing (excluding metal) 223 99 14 1 Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) 1,117 339 96 15 Processing, making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) 4,140 603 380 59 Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related 828 169 59 9 Construction, mining and related not elsewhere classified 697 158 55 9 Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related 1,182 168 95 9 Miscellaneous (including general labourers) 825 190 69 11 Total, all occupations 16,191 6,154 1,172 339