Professional and Executive Register

HC Deb 05 December 1972 vol 847 cc346-7W

31. Mr. Kinsey

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he is taking to improve the executive and technical register.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The professional and executive register service is being re-styled on the lines of the development plan set out in the publication "People and Jobs" issued a year ago. Its implementation is now well-advanced, and the new service will be fully operational on 1st March next.

38. Mr. R. C. Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many males over the age of 50 years are registered as unemployed; and of these how many are on the professional and technical register.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 10th July, the latest date for which information is available, the number of men aged 50 years and over registered as unemployed in Great Britain was 217,788.

At 8th March, the latest date for which similar information in respect of the Professional and Executive Register is available, there were 6,951 unemployed men aged 50 and over on the register.