§ Mr. David Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will list the places in which it is planned to establish new offices of the Professional and Executive Register, 263W together with expected dates of opening and the anticipated annual cost of each office.
§ Mr. DellIt is planned to establish offices of the Professional and Executive Register during 1970 in Bradford, Guildford, Sunderland and Wolverhampton. Negotiations to obtain suitable premises are still proceeding. The estimated annual cost of these offices is £10,000, £14,000, £9,000 and £18,000 respectively. This is at current rates of pay and prices and is based on average costs of other offices of the Department.
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Offices of the Professional and Executive Register Date of Establishment Number of Staff directly employed on the work of the register at present * Total estimated annual cost (to nearest £000) Year ended 3rd December, 1969 Full-time Part-time Number of persons who registered Placings Aberdeen 1st April, 1957 … 1 2 4 471 56 Birmingham 1st April, 1957 … 21 1 53 3,798 571 Bournemouth 1st April, 1957 … 4 3 14 1,173 162 Brighton 1st April, 1957 … 8 1 21 2,233 257 Bristol 1st April, 1957 … 11 1 29 2,679 284 Burnley 1st April, 1957 … 4 2 13 796 150 Cambridge 1st April, 1957 … 3 2 11 753 132 Cardiff 1st April, 1957 … 7 1 19 1,347 324 Carlisle 1st April, 1957 … 2 1 6 352 51 Chelmsford 1st April, 1957 … 4 4 16 1,597 197 Coventry 1st April, 1957 … 9 1 24 1,149 242 Darlington 1st April, 1957 … 4 2 13 569 167 Dundee 1st April, 1957 … 2 1 6 618 81 Edinburgh 1st April, 1957 … 5 1 14 1,391 210 Exeter 1st April 1957 … 5 2 14 1,050 93 Glasgow 1st April, 1957 … 18 1 47 3,439 902 Gloucester 1st April, 1957 … 8 1 21 1,380 151 Grimsby 23rd August, 1965 … 2 2 6 335 62 Hanley 1st April, 1957 … 3 1 9 799 65 Hull 1st April, 1957 … 4 3 14 819 150 Leeds 1st April, 1957 … 12 1 33 2,935 313 Leicester 1st April, 1957 … 6 2 18 1,455 163 Lincoln 1st April, 1957 … 2 2 7 404 45 Liverpool 1st April, 1957 … 13 2 37 2,147 346 London 1st April, 1957 … 88 1 235 18,945 3,093 Luton 11th September, 1967 … 5 2 16 1,608 190 Maidstone 1st April, 1957 … 6 2 18 1,790 140 Manchester 1st April, 1957 … 18 1 48 3,969 562 Middlesbrough 8th January, 1968 … 7 2 22 700 293 Newcastle-on-Tyne 1st April, 1957 … 14 1 39 2,007 441 Norwich 14th April, 1969 … 2 — 5 403† 38† Nottingham 1st April, 1957 … 7 2 20 1,286 206 Oxford 13th October, 1969 … 2 — 5 103‡ 8‡ Plymouth 1st April, 1957 … 4 2 13 1,041 136 Portsmouth 1st April, 1957 … 4 1 12 815 160 Preston 1st April 1957 … 10 — 27 1,502 139 Reading 1st April, 1957 … 6 3 20 2,041 176 Sheffield 1st April, 1957 … 8 2 24 1,994 303 Southampton 1st April, 1957 … 4 2 14 1,050 153 Swansea 1st April, 1957 … 5 1 13 1,192 210 Warrington 1st April, 1957 … 5 1 14 688 120 Wrexham 1st April, 1957 … 3 2 10 835 80 Totals — … 356 65 1,004 75,658 11,624 * Excludes common service staff such as typists, messengers etc. who are allocated to the parent Employment Exchange for use over the whole range of its functions. † From 14th April, 1969. ‡ From 13th October, 1969.
§ Mr. David Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will list the offices of the Professional and Executive Register with the dates of establishment, the number of staff at present employed, and the cost of each office, giving for the last year for which figures are available the number of registrants and the numbers placed.
§ Mr. DellThe information is given in the table below. The estimated costs are at current rates and prices and are based on average costs for all Departmental offices.