HC Deb 22 November 1956 vol 560 cc108-9W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Minister of Labour the ratio of registered unemployed to total unfilled vacancies in each of the eleven administrative regions of Great Britain at the latest available date and for the comparable date in 1955.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The following table gives the information desired.

NUMBER OF NOTIFIED UNFILLED VACANCIES PER 100 PERSONS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED: OCTOBER, 1955, AND OCTOBER, 1956*
Region October, 1955 October, 1956
London and South-Eastern 343 208
Eastern 312 237
Southern 280 177
South Western 175 115
Midland 495 151
North Midland 577 368
East and West Ridings 302 230
North Western 139 101
Northern 75 72
Scotland 45 42
Wales 74 55
*Persons registered as temporarily stopped are not available for submission for vacancies and they have therefore been excluded from the unemployment figures used for computing the ratios in the Table.