§ Mr. Stallardasked the Secretary of State for Employment when he now expects to be able to make a statement on his review of the Construction Industry Training Board.
§ Mr. BryanThe activities of all industrial training boards, including the Construction
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TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED Total registered unemployed March, 1970 March, 1971 (provisional) Unfilled vacancies Total Temporarily stopped included in total Total Temporarily stopped included in total March, 1970 March,1971 (provisional) Manchester travel-to-work area, including Stockport … 16,694 276 20,119 892 7,525 5,321 Bolton travel-to-work area … 1,957 8 3,861 1,075 1,418 593 Rochdale Employment Exchange area … 1,026 90 1,705 344 726 464 Oldham travel-to-work area … 1,484 14 2,330 391 865 287 Ashton-under-Lyne travel-to-work area … 1,875 203 2,578 227 787 485 Industry Training Board, are being covered in our current review of industrial training. My right hon. Friend's Answer on 23rd February to my hon. Friend the Member for Leek (Mr. Knox) explained why it would be some months before a consultative document on this review would be published.—[Vol. 812, c. 117–19.]