§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Minister of Labour what is the cost of maintaining the professional and executive register of his Department; how many applications for employment are received on the register each year; and what percentage of these applicants are found employment.
§ Mr. FernyhoughIn 1967 the total cost was about £600,000.
Registrations and placings in the last three statistical years are given in the table below. Placings have been expressed as a percentage of registrations, though this does not exactly reflect the percentage of people placed, since some register or are placed more than once:
Year Registrations Placings Column (5) as percentage of Column (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) 1965 44,178 7,860 17.8 1966 51,049 7,900 15.5 1967 61,471 8,346 13.6