§ Mr. Randallasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many males are currently unemployed in the Gateshead area; how many vacancies exist, skilled and unskilled; and how many jobs for such men, skilled and unskilled, respectively, are in prospect.
§ Mr. DellAt February, 1970, 2,017 males were registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Gateshead Employment Exchange. There were 174 notified vacancies for men remaining unfilled of which 116 were in occupations generally regarded as skilled in the engineering, vehicle building, construction and woodworking industries. These figures are provisional.
Jobs in prospect for males expected to arise over the next four years in authorised new industrial buildings and in existing building taken over by manufacturing industry, total about 1,150. An analysis of these jobs by skills is not available.
§ Mr. Randallasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many boys and girls respectively, left school at the end of the summer term in Gateshead; and how many have yet to be placed in employment.
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§ Mr. DellOn 9th February, 1970, six boys were still registered for first employment in the Gateshead Careers Office area out of 405 boys and 396 girls known to the Youth Employment Service to have left school for employment at the end of the summer term last year.
§ Mr. Randallasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will state for each region and for Gateshead, respectively, the number of unfilled vacancies at the latest convenient date for every 100 persons wholly unemployed, and the comparable figures for 1963.
§ Mr. DellFollowing is the information:
NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED PER 100 PERSONS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED February 1970 Provisional) February 1963 London and South Eastern* 73.6 40.7 Eastern and Southern* 68.2 36.4 Southwestern 33.7 30.0 West Midlands 55.7 25.5 East Midlands 47.0 28.4 Yorkshire and Humberside 34.7 Northwestern 37.5 14.9 Northern 16.2 5.0 Scotland 19.1 6.5 Wales 19.7 10.5 Gateshead 21.1 4.9 *Before the formation of the present standard regions in April 1965, information was available only for DEP administrative regions. In order that the figures for February 1963 can be compared with those for February 1970, similar information for administrative regions has been shown for the latter date.