§ Mr. Brayasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of wholly unemployed persons and the number of vacancies registered at the Haslingden employment exchange for each of the last six monthly counts.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED AND OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE HASLINGDEN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE Wholly unemployed Unfilled Vacancies December, 1971 221 23 January, 1972 232 18 February, 1972 213 20 March, 1972 189 26 April, 1972 161 21 May, 1972 145 32 The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.