§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed persons there are in the administrative, professional and technical categories, respectively, in Nottinghamshire at the most recent date; and what further action he is taking to reduce the number out of work.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithOccupational analyses of wholly unemployed men and women are made quarterly. At 6th December, 1971, there were 715 wholly unemployed people, 617 men and 98 women, registered at employment exchanges in Nottinghamshire for employment in administrative, professional and technical occupations. Information is not available for these occupational categories separately.
I expect these workers to benefit from the extensive measures we have taken to reflate the economy.
Numbers Affected Industry Groups 1971 1970 1969 (2nd Half) Total Males included Total Males included Total Males included Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing … … 8 7 24 17 — — Mining and Quarrying … … … 588 582 350 347 1,091 1,077 Food, Drink and Tobacco … … 3,814 1,176 2,713 956 176 81 Coal and Petroleum Products … … — — — — — — Chemicals and Allied Industries … 643 212 542 315 33 33 Metal Manufacture … … … 2,184 1,750 + 411 342 390 349 Mechanical Engineering … … … 11,255 8,571 5,859 5,005 2,140 2,033 Instrument Engineering … … … 408 230+ 480 347 — — Electrical Engineering … … … 2,511 870+ 1,693 645 270 85 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … 1,559 1,491 1,633 1,584 1,310 1,286 Vehicles … … … 1,980 1,669 1,382 1,235 290 288 Other Metal Goods … … … 1,602 1,213 698 526 220 138 Textiles … … … 3,636 1,293 4,866 2,175 1,022 391 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … 44 5 86 66 29 13 Clothing and Footwear … … … 1,040 335 1,281 214 123 40 Brick, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. … 651 590 910 857 596 568 Timber, Furniture etc. … … … 705 624 514 466 191 86 Paper, Printing and Publishing … … 1,750 1,230 656 378 163 122 Other Manufacturing … … … 1,060 680 365 241 424 257 Construction … … … 2,737 2,640 3,227 3,069 1,123 1,083 Gas, Electricity and Water … … 272 240 623 619 92 91 Transport and Communication … … 1,026 955 403 375 453 441 Distribution Trades … … … 1,665 570 1,029 373 228 149 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 61 20 167 29 32 17 Professional and Scientific Services … 432 371 15 — 89 52 Miscellaneous Services … … … 669 294 711 258 155 89 Public Administration and Defence … 270 98 190 32 41 38