§ Mr. Stallardasked the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he is taking to increase the supply of skilled machinists to those clothing employers in St. Pancras who have written to his Department about the possibility of redundancies and closures unless help is forthcoming.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkMy employment officers are doing all they can to interest suitable applicants in notified vacancies or training opportunities. The Clothing and Allied Products Industrial Training Board is endeavouring to stimulate interest in the industry and improve recruitment through its working parties, committees and group training associations.
§ Mr. Stallardasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many vacancies exist in the tailor and garment industry in the inner London area; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 8th November the number was 2,758. Inner London has been taken as the area covered by the Battersea, Bermondsey, Borough, Brixton, Camberwell, Camden Town, Canning Town, City, Deptford, East Ham, Fulham, Hackney, Hammersmith, Holloway, King's Cross, Lewisham, Poplar, St. Marylebone, Shoreditch, Stepney, Stratford, Tooting, Westminster and Woolwich employment exchanges. The figure, which relates to the clothing industries covered by minimum list headings 441–449 of the Standard Industrial Classification, comprises only notified vacancies remaining unfilled and does not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
218Win November 1969, November 1970, November 1971 and November 1972, including in each case temporarily stopped workers.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following information relates to the area covered by the Leicester employment exchange.