§ Mr. McInnesasked the Minister of Labour what was the number of notified unfilled vacancies per 100 persons registered as wholly unemployed in each of 185W the 11 administrative regions in Great Britain, as at October, 1957, and October, 1958.
Mr. fain MacleodThe following table gives the total number of unfilled vacancies at the dates concerned and the number of unemployed at the same dates
Region October, 1957 October, 1958 Wholly unemployed Vacancies Percentage Wholly unemployed Vacancies Percentage London and South Eastern 49,553 75,516 152 75,458 46,822 62 Eastern … 13,023 19,695 151 19,099 13,963 73 Southern … 12,971 14,770 114 18,665 10,010 54 South-Western … 18,891 14,943 79 29,505 12,465 42 Midland … 19,662 24,482 125 34,020 15,562 46 North Midland 10,816 23,897 221 20,800 14,043 68 East and West Ridings 14,495 26,835 185 32,146 12,846 40 North-Western … 40,395 35,342 88 73,746 17,793 24 Northern … 17,956 12,360 69 33,415 7,663 23 Scotland … 46,826 17,564 38 77,954 9,339 12 Wales … 22,442 9,010 40 36,357 6,180 17 Great Britain … 267,030 274,414 103 451,165 166,686 37