§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if, taking March 1972 as base, he will show by planning region the number of jobs which have been available month by month for every 100 adult males, adult females, young men and young women.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows the number of notified vacancies remaining unfilled per hundred unemployed:
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Men Boys Women Girls June 1972 South East 35.7 269.2 180.0 530.6 East Anglia 23.5 128.3 98.2 291.0 South West 20.8 183.3 120.2 340.8 West Midlands 8.4 72.0 40.0 141.7 East Midlands 16.2 114.8 83.9 249.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 9.6 62.3 58.8 102.6 North West 5.4 29.7 37.8 79.6 North 5.8 21.8 34.7 49.2 Wales 10.1 46.8 46.5 86.9 Scotland 3.8 21.1 17.5 55.4 July 1972 South East 35.5 265.1 173.9 534.7 East Anglia 24.4 169.2 104.3 321.9 South West 19.8 203.8 101.6 329.4 West Midlands 8.3 122.0 34.3 157.0 East Midlands 15.6 131.5 78.2 221.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 9.1 88.5 48.7 104.1 North West 5.2 22.5 31.7 58.3 North 5.8 27.3 26.4 54.7 Wales 8.6 38.7 32.1 68.6 Scotland 3.5 12.0 15.9 30.3 August 1972 South East 34.7 118.7 161.9 250.1 East Anglia 24.4 89.8 99.4 156.8 South West 19.9 90.6 96.5 171.0 West Midlands 8.5 43.3 31.3 49.9 East Midlands 17.4 49.5 69.2 95.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 9.3 27.2 43.1 41.6 North West 5.8 14.6 29.2 29.9 North 6.0 10.4 23.9 18.1 Wales 9.2 17.7 31.5 32.3 Scotland 4.0 8.6 16.3 19.3 September 1972 South East 35.8 139.7 176.1 288.8 East Anglia 23.6 118.3 102.5 194.6 South West 21.6 114.0 98.7 226.1 West Midlands 8.7 35.6 35.5 53.9 East Midlands 17.1 62.1 73.1 124.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 8.9 30.5 46.9 52.9 North West 5.5 17.2 33.5 34.9 North 5.4 13.2 23.0 18.5 Wales 8.1 24.6 30.9 38.0 Scotland 3.5 8.9 15.9 22.3 October 1972 South East 39.6 199.9 170.2 387.7 East Anglia 28.6 162.3 99.3 271.0 South West 22.5 148.0 85.3 217.2 West Midlands 10.8 54.0 41.4 87.4 East Midlands 20.7 89.4 81.9 163.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 10.7 43.0 54.1 79.4 North West 6.0 17.4 33.4 46.8 North 6.8 14.5 23.6 19.7 Wales 8.6 32.8 28.5 43.7 Scotland 4.5 10.2 16.3 26.5 November 1972 South East 41.9 253.2 161.9 437.8 East Anglia 28.6 193.3 97.1 247.0 South West 24.5 139.0 80.8 205.1 West Midlands 12.7 87.7 46.1 125.8 East Midlands 22.7 122.1 92.3 205.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 12.4 71.4 60.7 107.4 North West 6.9 23.5 34.8 56.9 North 7.4 16.1 25.2 28.9 Wales 8.6 40.2 26.0 53.7 Scotland 5.1 12.4 17.0 31.5 The statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.