HC Deb 26 July 1967 vol 751 cc178-9W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Minister of Labour what was the proportion of unemployed persons to unfilled vacancies in Wales, Scotland and England, respectively, at the most recent date for which the figures are available.

Mr. Hattersley

At 10th July, 1967, for which provisional figures are available, the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled to every hundred persons wholly unemployed in Wales, Scotland and England were 23.4, 21.5 and 72.5 respectively.