§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the June figures of wholly unemployed males and females in Scotland, indicating the num-
NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED AND NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED IN SCOTLAND Wholly Unemployed Unfilled Vacancies Males Females Males Females June, 1952 … … … 32,381 22,964 16,193 7,582 June, 1953 … … … 33,327 19,209 11,473 10,346 June, 1954 … … … 30,559 17,863 10,812 9,869 June, 1955 … … … 27,017 15,621 11,301 12,097 June, 1956 … … … 25,999 15,233 11,843 11,067 June, 1957 … … … 30,027 15,613 9,344 11,048 June, 1958 … … … 46,327 20,671 6,327 7,974 June, 1959 … … … 57,246 22,723 4,916 7,996 June, 1960 … … … 47,840 18,884 6,533 10,355 June, 1961 … … … 39,519 16,447 8,891 10,957 June, 1962 … … … 49,359 18,614 5,396 9,242 June, 1963 … … … 65,725 25,030 4,778 7,493 June, 1964 … … … 49,317 19,951 7,344 10,244 June, 1965 … … … 39,135 15,548 11,168 13,041 June, 1966 … … … 36,990 13,283 12,116 13,319 June, 1967 … … … 55,198 18,905 8,626 9,525 June, 1968 … … … 58,248 16,322 8,531 11,106 June, 1969 … … … 57,297 14,022 9,529 11,866 June, 1970 … … … 66,558 15,128 8,773 9,856 June, 1971 … … … 94,366 21,157 5,636 6,387 June, 1972 … … … 100,578 26,025 4,836 5,687 The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the redundancies notified to his Department since June, 1970, in Scotland, giving the numbers of jobs lost in each of the main industrial groups.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithInformation supplied by individual employers is often provided in confidence and my right hon. Friend would not feel justified in publishing it. However, our records show the following numbers of jobs lost in each of the main industry groups from reduncies and closures notified to my Department in Scotland during the period 9th June, 1970 to 10th July, 1972, inclusive:
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Industry Group Jobs Lost Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 40 Mining and Quarrying 1,670 Food, Drink and Tobacco 7,150 Chemicals and Allied Industries 1,190 Metal Manufacture 3,240 ber of notified unfilled vacancies for each; and how this compares with the same period over the previous 20 years.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
Industry Group Jobs Lost Mechanical Engineering 19,540 Instrument Engineering 1,410 Electrical Engineering 5,550 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 4,460 Vehicles 3,850 Other Metal Goods 2,440 Textiles 8,310 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur 70 Clothing and Footwear 2,950 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 1,820 Timber, Furniture, etc. 1,530 Paper, Printing and Publishing 3,250 Other Manufacturing Industries 1,320 Construction 4,070 Gas, Electricity and Water 480 Transport and Communication 1,370 Distributive Trades 2,720 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 90 Professional and Scientific Services 450 Miscellaneous Services 1,310 Public Administration and Defence 630 Total 80,910