§ 57. Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons were unemployed in 343W Monmouthshire, and how many vacancies existed, at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithProvisional figures for February, 1972, show that there were 922 unemployed young people and 126 unfilled vacancies in the county of Monmouthshire. The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total demand.
§ 58. Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many males are unemployed in the county of Monmouthshire; and how many male vacancies existed at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 14th February, the provisional number of males registered as wholly unemployed in the county of Monmouthshire was 8,351. In addition, 1,023 temporarily stopped male workers were registered as unemployed. At 9th
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NUMBERS OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS REMAINING UNFILLED, AND NUMBERS OF BOYS AND GIRLS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED, IN COUNTIES OF SCOTLAND AT JANUARY, 1972 Unfilled vacancies Wholly unemployed Boys Girls Boys Girls Aberdeenshire … … … 26 53 190 100 Angus … … … 36 32 435 402 Argyllshire … … … 9 11 69 79 Ayrshire … … … 55 94 446 333 Banffshire … … … 6 6 43 30 Berwickshire … … … 3 — 7 7 Buteshire … … … 3 — 10 13 Caithness and Sutherland … … … 4 15 66 40 Clackmannanshire … … … 4 7 39 44 Dunbartonshire … … … 4 7 398 230 Dumfriesshire … … … 19 19 95 58 East Lothian … … … 5 8 35 14 Fifeshire and Kinross-shire … … … 24 36 293 226 Inverness-shire … … … 16 23 111 116 Kincardineshire … … … 4 2 14 18 Kirkcudbrightshire … … … 3 5 21 5 Lanarkshire … … … 118 382 3,561 2,219 Midlothian … … … 119 212 543 247 Morayshire … … … 4 5 25 32 Nairnshire … … … 3 — 7 3 Orkney … … … 2 4 9 4 Peeblesshire … … … 5 6 7 — Perthshire … … … 51 65 53 42 Renfrewshire … … … 24 45 364 279 Ross and Cromarty … … … 5 4 98 117 Roxburghshire … … … 19 65 21 18 Selkirkshire … … … 8 11 12 6 Shetland Islands … … … 8 14 8 — Stirlingshire … … … 26 58 179 164 West Lothian … … … 4 4 168 183 Wigtownshire … … … 2 2 39 43 The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour. February, 217 notified vacancies for males remained unfilled.