Mr. Siilarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table
UNIFIED VACANCIES FOR MALES PER HUNDRED MALES UNEMPLOYED Food, drink and tobacco Metal manufacture Metal Mechanical engineering Electrical engineering Vehicles Chemicals and allied industries Construction March 1973 South East 56.1 99.1 176.0 155.5 101.3 77.2 65.8 East Anglia 27.8 44.2 154.4 90.2 65.1 82.0 67.2 South West 34.3 52.4 91.8 77.7 31.2 30.6 60.7 West Midlands 20.9 43.4 60.0 32.6 19.7 29.3 28.2 East Midlands 33.7 46.4 70.0 85.8 43.2 30.2 31.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 19.1 16.2 37.4 35.6 42.7 30.8 19.8 North West 8.3 14.5 27.7 17.3 25.2 13.6 10.9 North 12.0 7.9 19.8 15.9 32.7 15.1 16.0 Wales 14.4 12.4 28.9 22.2 16.5 16.1 12.0 Scotland 6.7 10.0 26.4 20.8 13.3 8.9 12.3 Northern Ireland 10.1 6.7 17.8 13.8 8.2 10.6 5.0 March 1972 South East 16.8 23.0 29.1 30.8 21 .6 18.8 20.4 East Anglia 8.3 10.1 17.8 14.6 15.9 11.2 14.9 South West 8.2 3.5 17.8 16.0 13.3 9.0 15.3 West Midlands 6.2 5.2 8.8 8.7 4.3 8.3 6.9 East Midlands 6.3 5.4 15.0 14.9 10.7 9.6 10.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 5.6 2.9 8.6 12.2 9.4 10.3 6.0 North West 3.1 3.4 5.6 4.4 5.1 6.6 3.8 North 5.7 2.9 4.5 12.5 4.3 1.8 4.8 Wales 6.6 2.2 8.1 7.4 6.3 8.6 4.6 Scotland 1.9 2.2 2.4 5.8 1.4 1.9 2.0 Northern Ireland 3.5 7.8 3.5 5.3 3.2 1.2 2.8 The statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.