§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons in Scotland were registered as unemployed; and how many vacancies remained unfilled in each month of 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
Numbers of people registered as unemployed and of notified vacancies remaining unfilled in Scotland Registered unemployed Total, including temporarily stopped workers Wholly unemployed Unfilled vacancies 1972 January 154,302 150,211 6,572 February 217,742 148,829 7,662 March 152,743 148,249 8,030 April 151,913 148,215 8,495 May 135,797 132,539 9,558 June 129,481 126,603 10,523 The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.