HC Deb 04 April 1973 vol 854 c105W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish figures showing the percentage changes in the

March 1972 March 1973 (Provisional)
Males Females Males Females
South-East … 23.9 121.2 73.4 283.5
East Anglia … 14.1 67.9 49.7 192.8
South.West … 14.5 70.3 43.0 144.6
West Midlands … 7.9 45.4 32.8 110.7
East Midlands … 13.4 89.3 41.2 160.3
Yorkshire and Humberside … 7.2 51.6 23.3 102.1
North-West … 5.2 33.0 13.9 64.3
North … 5.2 28.8 15.0 52.2
Wales … 7.8 29.1 16.5 49.1
Scotland … 3.1 14.1 11.6 32.1
Northern Ireland … 3.9 16.9 10.0 20.2

The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.