HC Deb 21 July 1972 vol 841 c191W
Mr. Sproat

asked 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 Smith

Following 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.