§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the present number of (a) men and (b) women registered as unemployed in the London borough of Wandsworth; and how many job vacancies are registered at local jobcentres.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkOn 8 September, there were 11,219 male and 4,428 female unemployed claimants in the area covered by the Balham, Clapham Junction and Tooting jobcentres, which corresponds closely to the London borough of Wandsworth. The total number of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at the jobcentres was 449. Vacancies notified to jobcentres are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. The number of vacancies remaining unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, filled or withdrawn which would reflect activity more closely. For example, during the twelve-month period to September 1983 the number of people placed in jobs by the Balham, Clapham Junction and Tooting jobcentres was 6,177. It is estimated that the public employment service accounts for about one in four of all placings.