§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the numbers of males and females over and under 18 years of age, respectively, registering for employment at employment exchanges in Lanarkshire, the percentage of the total insurable population these figures represent, the total insurable population, and the numbers registering for whom suitable vacancies do not exist.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsTotal numbers registered as unemployed at employment exchanges in Lanarkshire on 18th April, 1966 were: men 3,315, boys 232, women 2,232, girls 89, total 5,868. This represented 3½ per cent. of all employees (employed and unemployed) which were estimated to be about 184,000 at mid-1965.
Employment estimates are based on National Insurance cards exchanged in the County supplemented by employers' returns and are subject to sampling errors.
The number of unfilled vacancies notified to employment exchanges and youth employment offices in Lanarkshire on 13th April was men 711, boys 133, women 466, girls 121, total 1,431. It is not possible to say how many of these were suitable for persons registered as unemployed, but it should be borne in 24W mind that many vacancies are not notified to exchanges and therefore do not appear in the figures.