§ Mr. Randallasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what is the number of insured persons, 379W the number of employed and unemployed persons, the number of unfilled vacancies and the number of jobs in prospect in the Gateshead Employment Exchange area and the Northern Region at the most convenient date.
§ Mr. DellFollowing is the available information:
EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE AREA COVERED BY THE GATESHEAD EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND FOR THE NORTHERN REGION Gateshead Northern region Estimated number of employees, employed and unemployed at June, 1968 55,400 1,311,000 Estimated number of employees in employment at June, 1968 53,400 1,255,000 Registered unemployed at 9th March, 1970 (provisional) 2,190 64,850 Notified vacancies remaining unfilled at 4th March, 1970 (provisional) 511 11,836 The latest estimates of jobs in prospect expected to arise over the next four years in authorised new industrial buildings and in existing buildings taken over by manufacturing industry total about 1,680 in Gateshead and 42,660 in the Northern region.