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Mr. Lang
The following table shows the numbers of unfilled vacancies at careers offices in England and Wales as at 4 April 1986. Data on the numbers of school leavers are not available centrally for areas smaller than local education authorities. I understand that my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Scotland, is replying in respect of vacancies at Scottish careers offices.
| Unfilled vacancies at Careers Offices—4 April 1986 |
| Careers office |
Vacancies unfilled |
| South East |
| Abingdon |
41 |
| Aldershot |
24 |
| Alton |
14 |
| Amersham |
59 |
| Andover |
10 |
| Ashford |
6 |
| Aylesbury |
27 |
| Basildon |
25 |
| Basingstoke |
28 |
| Bedford |
40 |
| Bexhill |
4 |
| Bognor Regis |
13 |
| Boreham Wood |
22 |
| Bracknell |
44 |
| Braintree |
17 |
| Brentwood |
8 |
| Brighton |
123 |
| Camberley |
15 |
| Canterbury |
13 |
| Chelmsford |
28 |
| Chichester |
21 |
| Clacton |
15 |
| Colchester |
20 |
| Cosham |
14 |
| Crawley |
82 |
| Crowborough |
9 |
| Dartford |
7 |
| Deal |
2 |
| Dorking |
19 |
| Dover |
10 |
| Dunstable |
29 |
| Eastbourne |
32 |
| East Grinstead |
15 |
| Eastleigh |
24 |
| Epsom |
25 |
| Esher |
33 |
| Fareham |
8 |
| Farnborough |
19 |
| Farnham |
30 |
| Faversham |
3 |
| Folkestone |
10 |
| Gillingham |
7 |
| Godalming |
30 |
586W
| Careers office |
Vacancies unfilled |
| Gosport |
6 |
| Gravesend |
4 |
| Grays |
12 |
| Guildford |
58 |
| Hailsham |
7 |
| Harlow |
5 |
| Hastings |
20 |
| Havant |
9 |
| Haywards Heath |
27 |
| Heathfield |
6 |
| Hemel Hempstead |
61 |
| Herne Bay |
6 |
| High Wycombe |
46 |
| Hitchin |
7 |
| Horsham |
42 |
| Leatherhead |
24 |
| Letchworth |
12 |
| Lewes |
12 |
| Littlehampton |
2 |
| Loughton |
8 |
| Luton |
40 |
| Lymington |
22 |
| Maidenhead |
67 |
| Maidstone |
25 |
| Malling |
4 |
| Margate |
2 |
| Medway |
8 |
| Milton Keynes |
37 |
| Newbury |
30 |
| Newhaven |
2 |
| Newport |
2 |
| Oxford |
89 |
| Portsmouth |
23 |
| Ramsgate |
3 |
| Rayleigh |
43 |
| Reading |
220 |
| Redhill |
29 |
| Ryde |
4 |
| Saffron Walden |
17 |
| Sandwich |
4 |
| St. Albans |
38 |
| Sevenoaks |
39 |
| Sheerness |
1 |
| Shoreham |
14 |
| Sittingbourne |
7 |
| Slough |
106 |
| Southampton |
89 |
| Southend |
13 |
| Staines |
59 |
| Stevenage |
8 |
| Sunbury |
27 |
| Tonbridge |
7 |
| Totton |
15 |
| Tunbridge Wells |
20 |
| Uckfield |
14 |
| Wadhurst |
4 |
| Ware |
53 |
| Waterlooville |
7 |
| Watford |
63 |
| Welwyn Garden City |
23 |
| Weybridge |
37 |
| Whitstable |
2 |
| Winchester |
20 |
| Woking |
11 |
| Worthing |
33 |
| East Anglia |
| Bury St. Edmunds |
37 |
| Cambridge |
117 |
| Dereham |
3 |
| Great Yarmouth |
14 |
| Huntingdon |
19 |
| Ipswich |
23 |
| Kings Lynn |
5 |
| Lowestoft |
17 |
| North Walsham |
16 |
587W
| Careers office |
Vacancies unfilled |
| Norwich Central |
52 |
| Peterborough |
15 |
| Thetford |
6 |
| Wisbech |
4 |
| Greater London |
| Acton |
12 |
| Balham |
14 |
| Barbican |
25 |
| Barking |
11 |
| Barkingside |
3 |
| Barons Court |
42 |
| Bermondsey |
0 |
| Bexley |
12 |
| Brixton |
25 |
| Bromley |
28 |
| Camden Town |
47 |
| Carshalton |
23 |
| Catford |
4 |
| Central London |
1,317 |
| Clapham Junction |
11 |
| Croydon |
103 |
| Dagenham |
12 |
| Ealing |
25 |
| East Ham |
2 |
| Edmonton |
32 |
| Elephant and Castle |
54 |
| Eltham |
3 |
| Enfield |
18 |
| Feltham |
17 |
| Finchley |
29 |
| Greenford |
28 |
| Hackney |
46 |
| Haringey |
26 |
| Harold Hill |
8 |
| Harrow |
60 |
| Hayes |
9 |
| Edgware |
34 |
| Hornchurch |
10 |
| Hounslow |
41 |
| Ilford |
10 |
| Holloway |
114 |
| Kingston on Thames |
36 |
| Lewisham |
23 |
| Merton |
26 |
| Paddington |
231 |
| Peckham |
27 |
| Poplar |
10 |
| Putney |
8 |
| Rainham |
6 |
| Richmond |
42 |
| Romford |
13 |
| Ruislip |
10 |
| Shepherds Bush |
41 |
| Stepney |
26 |
| Stoke Newington |
6 |
| Stratford |
10 |
| Sutton |
15 |
| Uxbridge |
33 |
| Vauxhall |
34 |
| Waltham Forest |
82 |
| Wembley |
27 |
| Willesden |
45 |
| Woodford |
13 |
| Woolwich |
22 |
| South West |
| Barnstaple |
4 |
| Bath Central |
10 |
| Bideford |
2 |
| Bodmin (North Cornwall) |
3 |
| Bournemouth |
52 |
| Bristol East and Central |
20 |
| Bristol North West |
9 |
| Bristol South |
12 |
588W
| Careers office |
Vacancies unfilled |
| Camborne |
1 |
| Cheltenham |
20 |
| Chippenham |
6 |
| Cinderford |
5 |
| East Avon Area |
11 |
| East Dorset |
57 |
| East Somerset |
15 |
| Exeter |
21 |
| Falmouth |
0 |
| Gloucester |
14 |
| Helston |
0 |
| Liskeard |
1 |
| Mid-Somerset |
23 |
| Newquay |
1 |
| Newton Abbot |
4 |
| North Avon |
10 |
| North Dorset |
13 |
| North West Somerset |
4 |
| Paignton |
7 |
| Penwith Area |
0 |
| Plymouth |
15 |
| St. Austell |
0 |
| Salisbury |
11 |
| South Dorset |
15 |
| South East Somerset |
11 |
| Stroud |
22 |
| Swindon |
24 |
| Torquay |
4 |
| Trowbridge |
17 |
| Truro |
1 |
| West Avon |
23 |
| West Somerset |
23 |
| West Midlands |
| Aldridge |
2 |
| Atherstone 3 |
|
| Bedworth |
0 |
| Birmingham |
201 |
| Bridgnorth |
7 |
| Bromsgrove |
5 |
| Brownhills |
1 |
| Burslem |
15 |
| Burton on Trent |
8 |
| Cannock |
1 |
| Chelmsley Wood |
1 |
| Coleshill |
1 |
| Coventry |
27 |
| Cradley Heath |
10 |
| Droitwich |
5 |
| Dudley |
8 |
| Evesham |
10 |
| Handsworth |
25 |
| Hanley |
1 |
| Hereford |
12 |
| Kidderminster |
9 |
| Kingsheath |
45 |
| Leamington |
42 |
| Leek |
6 |
| Leominster |
1 |
| Lichfield |
2 |
| Longton |
2 |
| Ludlow |
2 |
| Madeley |
3 |
| Malvern |
5 |
| Market Drayton |
7 |
| Newcastle Under Lyme |
7 |
| Nuneaton |
0 |
| Oakengates |
3 |
| Oldbury |
13 |
| Oswestry |
1 |
| Perry Barr |
87 |
| Pershore |
6 |
| Redditch |
4 |
| Ross On Wye |
3 |
| Rugby |
8 |
| Rugeley |
3 |
589W
| Careers office |
Vacancies unfilled |
| Selly Oak |
14 |
| Shrewsbury |
4 |
| Smethwick |
5 |
| Solihull |
6 |
| Stafford |
6 |
| Stechford |
30 |
| Stratford on Avon |
97 |
| Sutton Coldfield |
15 |
| Tamworth |
12 |
| Telford |
6 |
| Tipton |
3 |
| Walsall |
13 |
| Wednesbury |
4 |
| West Bromwich |
12 |
| Willenhall |
11 |
| Wolverhampton |
35 |
| Wolverhampton Fringe |
1 |
| Worcester |
5 |
| Yardley |
31 |
| East Midlands |
| Alfreton |
7 |
| Arnold |
4 |
| Beeston |
25 |
| Boston |
3 |
| Brackley |
9 |
| Buxton |
6 |
| Carlton |
6 |
| Chesterfield |
18 |
| Coalville |
9 |
| Corby |
15 |
| Daventry |
8 |
| Derby |
28 |
| Eastwood |
2 |
| Gainsborough |
4 |
| Glossop |
3 |
| Grantham |
2 |
| Hinckley |
39 |
| Hucknall |
0 |
| Ilkeston |
4 |
| Kettering |
11 |
| Leicester Central |
231 |
| Lincoln |
8 |
| Long Eaton |
4 |
| Loughborough |
20 |
| Louth |
8 |
| Mansfield |
5 |
| Market Harborough |
8 |
| Matlock |
1 |
| Melton Mowbray |
16 |
| Newark |
19 |
| Northampton |
24 |
| Nottingham |
44 |
| Oakham |
3 |
| Retford |
6 |
| Rushcliffe |
11 |
| Rushden |
15 |
| Skegness |
8 |
| Sleaford |
0 |
| Spalding |
3 |
| Stamford |
14 |
| Staveley |
3 |
| Sutton-in-Ashford |
10 |
| Swadlincote |
9 |
| Wellingborough |
4 |
| Wigston |
7 |
| Worksop |
1 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside |
| Barnsley |
4 |
| Batley |
10 |
| Beverley |
3 |
| Bransholme |
6 |
| Bradford |
172 |
| Bridlington |
7 |
| Castleford |
2 |
590W
| Careers office |
Vacancies unfilled |
| Dewsbury |
5 |
| Doncaster |
6 |
| Goole |
2 |
| Grimsby |
18 |
| Halifax |
30 |
| Harrogate |
26 |
| Heddon |
3 |
| Hemsworth |
0 |
| Huddersfield |
41 |
| Hull |
14 |
| Hull (East Riding) |
6 |
| Leeds |
70 |
| Northallerton |
28 |
| Pontefract |
1 |
| Rotherham |
34 |
| Scarborough |
23 |
| Scunthorpe |
10 |
| Selby |
8 |
| Sheffield |
14 |
| Skipton |
7 |
| Wakefield |
17 |
| York |
26 |
| North West |
| Altrincham |
16 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne |
7 |
| Bebington |
14 |
| Birkenhead |
7 |
| Blackburn |
49 |
| Blackpool |
33 |
| Bolton |
19 |
| Bootle |
3 |
| Burnley |
15 |
| Bury |
8 |
| Chester |
15 |
| Chorley |
22 |
| Colne |
2 |
| Congleton |
9 |
| Crewe |
7 |
| Crosby |
5 |
| Darwen |
0 |
| Deeside |
3 |
| Eccles |
2 |
| Ellesmere Port |
2 |
| Fylde |
12 |
| Halewood |
0 |
| Halton (Runcorn) |
0 |
| Halton (Widnes) |
2 |
| Heywood |
1 |
| Huyton |
1 |
| Hyde |
2 |
| Hyndburn |
6 |
| Knowsley College |
0 |
| Kirkby |
0 |
| Lancaster |
9 |
| Leigh |
0 |
| Leyland |
0 |
| Liverpool |
13 |
| Longsight |
5 |
| Macclesfield |
26 |
| Macclesfield Wimslow |
5 |
| Manchester |
25 |
| Middleton |
0 |
| Morecambe |
9 |
| Moss Side |
8 |
| Newton le Willows |
2 |
| North Manchester |
6 |
| Oldham |
1 |
| Ormskirk |
9 |
| Openshawe |
8 |
| Pendle |
9 |
| Prescot |
3 |
| Preston |
39 |
| Ribble Valley |
8 |
| Rochdale |
7 |
| Rossendale |
10 |
591W
| Careers office |
Vacancies unfilled |
| St. Helens |
7 |
| Salford |
21 |
| Southport |
5 |
| South Ribble |
2 |
| Stockport |
21 |
| Stretford |
7 |
| Swinton |
2 |
| Vale Royal |
9 |
| Wallasey |
8 |
| Warrington |
12 |
| West Lancashire |
41 |
| Winsford |
1 |
| Wigan |
1 |
| Withington |
4 |
| Wyre |
3 |
| Wythenshawe |
4 |
| North |
| Alnwick |
6 |
| Ashington |
8 |
| Barrow |
2 |
| Berwick |
1 |
| Billingham |
0 |
| Bishop Auckland |
0 |
| Blaydon |
2 |
| Blyth |
14 |
| Carlisle |
16 |
| Chester le Street |
0 |
| Consett |
2 |
| Crook |
0 |
| Darlington |
22 |
| Durham |
3 |
| Easington |
0 |
| Eston |
0 |
| Gateshead |
15 |
| Guisborough |
0 |
| Hartlepool |
1 |
| Hebburn |
2 |
| Hexham |
6 |
| Houghton le Spring |
2 |
| Kendal |
14 |
| Middlesbrough |
1 |
| Newcastle |
38 |
| Newton Aycliffe |
3 |
| North Shields |
8 |
| Penrith |
2 |
| Redcar |
0 |
| South Shields |
20 |
| Spennymoor |
1 |
| Stanley |
4 |
| Stockton on Tees |
1 |
| Sunderland |
34 |
| Ulverston |
8 |
| Wallsend |
2 |
| West Moor |
5 |
| Washington |
58 |
| Whitehaven |
5 |
| Whitley Bay |
7 |
| Workington |
4 |
| Wales |
| Aberdare |
0 |
| Abertillery |
4 |
| Aberystwyth |
2 |
| Acrefair |
1 |
| Ammanford |
0 |
| Bangor |
0 |
| Barry |
4 |
| Blackwood |
9 |
| Brecon |
0 |
| Bridgend |
6 |
| Caernarvon |
0 |
| Caerphilly |
1 |
| Cardiff |
31 |
| Carmarthen |
9 |
| Colwyn Bay |
6 |
592W
| Careers office |
Vacancies unfilled |
| Conwy |
2 |
| Cross Keys |
1 |
| Dolgellau |
0 |
| Flint |
1 |
| Gorseinon |
0 |
| Haverfordwest |
5 |
| Holyhead |
1 |
| Holey well |
0 |
| Llandrindod Wells |
1 |
| Llanelli |
2 |
| Merthyr Tvdfil |
1 |
| Mold |
1 |
| Morriston |
1 |
| Neath |
0 |
| Newport |
2 |
| Newtown |
9 |
| Pembroke |
1 |
| Pontypool |
6 |
| Pontypridd |
0 |
| Port Talbot |
2 |
| Pwllheli |
4 |
| Rhyl |
1 |
| Shotton |
3 |
| Swansea District |
7 |
| Tonypandy |
2 |
| Usk |
3 |
| Wrexham |
3 |