§ Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Labour if he will state, for each region and for Great Britain, respectively, the 143W number of vacancies remaining unfilled in January, 1964, for every 100 persons wholly unemployed, arranging the table in order starting with regions with the least number of vacancies in ratio to numbers of unemployed.
§ Mr. WhitelawI will send the hon. Member the information for January, 1964, when that month's unemployment figures become available. The following is the information for December, 1963:
Region Unfilled vacancies at 4th December to every100 wholly unemployed at 9th December Northern 8.9 Scotland 13.0 Wales 24.9 North Western 29.3 South Western 50.9 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 52.1 Midlands 82.6 Eastern and Southern 98.6 London and South Eastern 102.2 Great Britain 47.3