§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of notified vacancies in Wales in December, 1970, and December, 1971, respectively; and what proportion of these vacancies were, for nurses, postmen, coalminers, transport industries, and local government manual workers, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the available information:
The statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
43W
§ Mr. Roderickasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a list of the numbers of persons notified as being redundant in Wales, by industry groups, in the past 12 months.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithRedundancies involving the following numbers of work-people have been recorded by my Department as due to occur in Wales in the main industrial groups during the year. 1st February, 1971, to 31st January, 1972.
Iron and Steel 4,190 Other Metal Manufacture 1,490 Mechanical Engineering 1,960 Electrical Engineering 1,570 Other Metal Goods 1,310 Chemicals and Allied Industries 650 Textiles 840 Aerospace Equipment 660 Other Manufacturing 3,250 Coalmining 110 Construction 560 Other Industries and Services 1,120 TOTAL 17,680 44W
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED AND NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED, IN WALES
January, 1971 January, 1972 Order Total registered unemployed Registered wholly unemployed Unfilled vacancies Total registered unemployed Registered wholly unemployed Unfilled vacancies Agriculture, forestry, fishing 965 930 161 1,067 1,046 80 Mining and quarrying 2,866 2,852 1,253 2,524 2,491 590 Food, drink and tobacco 895 894 103 1,170 1,170 87 Coal and petroleum products 103 103 5 123 123 5 Chemicals and allied industries 501 501 130 702 702 79 Metal manufacture 1,689 1,689 153 3,630 3,540 55 Mechanical engineering 1,055 1,053 283 1,803 1,743 117 Instrument engineering 122 122 28 144 144 22 Electrical engineering 735 735 194 1,145 1,142 138 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 232 232 20 283 283 16 Vehicles 505 505 63 873 858 92 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 870 868 200 1,308 1,292 122 Textiles 508 508 71 867 854 83 Leather, leather goods and fur 79 74 19 90 88 8 Clothing and footwear 505 505 367 635 630 209 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 494 494 66 584 574 50 Timber, furniture, etc. 372 371 74 492 491 56 Paper, printing and publishing 350 350 68 514 514 59 Other manufacturing industries 845 819 76 1,026 1,012 78 Construction 9,615 9,559 483 13,156 13,052 511 Gas, electricity and water 524 524 48 779 779 40 Transport and communication 2,376 2,370 242 2,974 2,891 109 Distributive trades 3,785 3,780 894 4,703 4,703 761 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 762 762 210 803 803 166 Professional and scientific services 1,197 1,196 689 1,488 1,488 487 Miscellaneous services 3,878 3,871 1,030 4,896 4,893 852 Public administration and defence 1,900 1,899 177 2,355 2,355 146 Persons not classified by industry 4,538 4,538 — 6,055 6,055 — Total 42,266 42,104 7,107 56,216 55,716 5,018 NOTES:
(1) These figures which are provisional take account of all belated notifications and amendments received up to and including 31st January, 1972.
(2) Since the figures have been rounded independently the total does not equal the sum of the components.
§ Mr. Roderickasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will publish a list of the numbers of persons unemployed in Wales, by industry groups, and the corresponding list for a year ago;
(2) if he will publish a list of the numbers of unfilled vacancies in Wales, by industry groups, and the corresponding list for a year ago.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information: