Mr. Carrasked the Minister of Labour what were the numbers at the latest convenient date of unfilled vacancies for skilled workers in each of the regions of England, Scotland and Wales; and how these compare with the totals of registered unemployed in these regions.
§ Mr. HareFollowing are the figures, for June, 1962, for each of the administrative Regions of England, and for Scotland and Wales.
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UNFILLED VACANCIES AND WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED BY GROUPS OF SKILLED OCCUPATIONS—ADULT MALES Region Draughtsmen Engineering Building Vehicle Building Woodworking Printing Totals Combined totals Col. (1)-(6) and all other occupations (including Labourers) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Col. (1)-(6) u.v. w.u. u.v. w.u. u.v. w.u. u.v. w.u. u.v. w.u. u.v. w.u. u.v. w.u. u.v. w.u. London and South Eastern 168 226 3,855 1,950 2,394 1,538 114 52 170 187 63 139 6,764 4,092 26,518 44,187 Eastern and Southern 198 122 3,051 925 1,863 558 96 104 100 55 82 27 5,390 1,791 15,515 19,318 South Western 53 83 1,381 568 816 277 41 18 60 23 31 21 2,382 990 6,852 12,321 Midland 150 136 2,522 1,827 1,231 648 78 119 44 51 11 15 4,036 2,796 13,159 32,172 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 39 33 1,520 672 804 309 41 15 25 15 6 12 2,435 1,056 7,636 20,596 North Western 86 135 1,658 2,540 758 1,188 89 46 33 84 9 47 2,633 4,040 8,045 42,825 Northern 8 76 547 2,020 376 782 9 36 7 59 1 12 948 2,985 2,851 27,707 Scotland 38 102 645 2,934 569 1,030 4 48 23 83 3 26 1,282 4,223 3,606 46,939 Wales 14 37 349 727 396 241 18 31 6 18 10 14 793 1,068 5,203 16,492 Great Britain 754 950 15,528 14,163 9,207 6,571 490 469 468 575 216 313 26,663 23,041 89,385 262,557 u.v. = unfilled vacancies. w.u. = wholly unemployed. NOTES (1) Statistics for females are insignificant in these occupations. (2) Only the wholly unemployed are shown, as the temporarily stopped are usually unavailable for vacancies.