§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the males and females unemployed in each planning area of the United Kingdom in the employment categories of food, drink and tobacco, chemicals, metal manufacture, mechanical engineering, instrument engineering, electrical engineering, shipbuilding and marine engineering, vehicles, textiles, public administration, transport, and construction; if he will show the number of unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed; and if he will also show how this compares with the position at March 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information. The figures are not adjusted to take account of seasonal factors. The vacancy figures used to calculate the ratios relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and do not measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
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(a) NOVEMBER 1973 Food, drink and tobacco Chemicals and allied industries Metal manufacture Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females South East 1,743 254 150.7 840.6 1,260 149 162.4 1,157.0 536 44 252.4 877.3 East Anglia 404 95 138.4 510.5 104 18 224.0 550.0 55 2 494.5 1,450.0 South West 835 120 71.0 476.7 279 21 52.0 528.6 174 13 114.4 376.9 West Midlands 803 197 54.7 162.9 287 49 84.3 255.1 1,605 130 132.4 328.5 East Midlands 627 131 86.4 380.9 323 61 71.5 341.0 584 24 157.0 383.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,252 316 45.4 198.1 493 94 94.1 209.6 1,963 89 90.3 216.9 North West 2,769 609 17.6 89.8 1,901 256 33.6 128.5 897 59 47.3 147.5 North 946 390 47.1 118.5 1,102 124 30.1 64.5 1,985 72 20.2 84.7 Wales 444 119 35.4 90.8 346 64 44.5 100.0 982 60 21.4 98.3 Scotland 2,279 965 24.0 89.6 722 177 19.1 30.5 1,492 126 40.1 46.0 Northern Ireland 641 440 25.1 15.2 77 22 35.1 31.8 79 8 12.7 37.5 432W433W
Mechanical engineering Instrument engineering Electrical engineering Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females South East 2,513 206 425.7 1,072.3 485 82 449.1 1,406.1 2,140 346 369.9 1,440.2 East Anglia 284 29 420.8 637.9 27 5 481.5 1,420.0 193 40 237.8 1,500.0 South West 931 69 195.5 542.0 102 24 271.6 591.7 360 92 236.9 891.3 West Midlands 1,501 141 192.0 468.8 61 23 136.1 378.3 983 243 111.5 253.1 East Midlands 1,306 71 186.5 491.5 41 11 248.8 300.0 265 59 241.1 857.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,575 108 113.3 365.7 47 15 240.4 313.3 361 103 101.4 247.6 North West 2,343 150 90.4 248.7 151 22 104.6 468.2 1,574 321 51.6 191.9 North 1,738 121 54.9 121.5 55 16 134.5 106.3 829 350 45.7 77.1 Wales 651 80 70.8 86.3 48 28 102.1 53.6 327 118 74.3 167.8 Scotland 2,538 273 56.5 55.3 149 215 60.4 21.9 669 624 52.0 60.4 Northern Ireland 432 73 38.2 21.9 21 17 647.6 70.6 152 220 23.7 11.4
(a) NOVEMBER 1973—continued Shipbuilding and, marine engineering Vehicles Textiles Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females South East 824 23 69.9 239.1 1,631 68 270.2 938.2 305 53 196.7 1,318.9 East Anglia 50 1 258.0 1,000.0 153 5 206.5 520.0 47 10 151.1 1,000.0 South West 344 3 52.9 300.0 850 30 126.7 550.0 179 32 120.7 846.9 West Midlands 23 — 243.5 — 2,081 211 47.3 146.4 245 118 96.3 270.3 East Midlands 12 2 166.7 — 518 34 124.9 320.6 726 240 144.2 785.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 250 1 16.8 1,100.0 585 33 103.4 242.4 1,370 231 89.4 562.8 North West 1,367 33 20.8 24.2 1,429 88 59.5 169.3 2,230 403 78.8 430.3 North 1,644 27 5.8 66.7 433 28 60.3 85.7 460 144 52.0 191.0 Wales 95 3 41.1 66.7 340 39 49.1 94.9 297 67 25.9 104.5 Scotland 1,205 27 28.0 107.4 540 88 24.8 19.3 1,591 720 28.9 129.0 Northern Ireland 190 7 8.9 100.0 133 15 33.1 33.3 744 637 36.2 64.7 434W435W
Public administration and defence Transport and communication Construction Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females South East 6,926 730 97.3 381.2 7,926 543 176.1 438.1 11,136 76 103.0 1,281.6 East Anglia 742 122 46.1 150.0 700 24 104.1 462.5 1,103 15 110.9 480.0 South West 2,858 356 41.6 158.4 1,961 118 99.3 1,115.3 3,343 37 88.3 402.7 West Midlands 1,515 279 39.0 147.7 1,315 112 88.0 229.5 4,723 40 55.6 422.5 East Midlands 1,111 158 47.2 155.1 1,024 68 106.0 217.6 3,547 21 58.6 509.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,838 234 28.3 141.0 2,650 109 40.4 206.4 7,410 53 32.3 373.6 North West 3,561 490 15.2 79.0 6,781 275 22.9 107.6 12,921 64 19.3 276.6 North 2,263 379 17.1 57. 0 2,527 157 33.6 65.6 9,588 66 18.7 163.6 Wales 1,440 304 13.3 51.6 1,510 98 28.1 66.3 7,140 44 16.6 154.5 Scotland 4,160 761 11.3 28.5 4,316 442 24.1 41.6 14,169 152 18.1 131.6 Northern Ireland 1,220 369 20.3 14.1 998 101 9.3 45.5 7,112 69 7.8 53.6
(b) MARCH 1972 Food, drink and tobacco Chemicals and allied industries Metal manufacture Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females South East 3,681 692 16.8 70.8 2,625 477 18.8 101.3 1,403 108 23.0 114.8 East Anglia 1,327 331 8.3 36.3 215 35 11.2 34.3 119 6 10.1 100.0 South West 1,688 327 8.2 36.1 357 69 9.0 69.6 620 31 3.5 80.6 West Midlands 1,871 391 6.2 41.2 666 87 8.3 50.6 5,161 350 5.2 27.7 East Midlands 1,349 319 6.3 47.3 570 91 9.6 93.4 1,603 60 5.4 40.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,805 831 5.6 30.3 975 191 10.3 33.0 5,831 214 2.9 22.0 North West 4,606 1,165 3.1 12.1 2,896 450 6.6 25.1 2,476 93 3.4 18.3 North 1,539 685 5.7 15.5 2,206 214 1.8 11.7 4,961 131 2.9 14.5 Wales 836 295 6.6 20.3 636 117 8.6 34.2 3,115 155 2.2 15.5 Scotland 4,810 2,408 1.9 7.1 1,153 467 1.9 7.9 3,098 231 2.2 9.1 Northern Ireland 1,055 683 3.5 7.2 166 32 1.2 9.4 129 7 7.8 14.3 436W437W
Mechanical engineering Instrument engineering Electrical engineering Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females South East 7,480 572 29.1 100.9 1,263 184 44.4 169.6 5,806 1,033 30.8 130.9 East Anglia 940 60 17.8 45.0 105 14 36.2 257.1 404 117 14.6 138.5 South West 2,127 156 17.8 95.5 180 68 42.8 52.9 801 237 16.0 48.9 West Midlands 5,170 380 8.8 43.7 131 45 7.6 42.2 2,281 491 8.7 27.9 East Midlands 3,368 188 15.0 63.3 120 22 15.8 45.5 609 110 14.9 140.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 4,005 236 8.6 44.5 123 28 19.5 57.1 687 227 12.2 35.7 North West 6,342 447 5.6 35.8 265 58 9.4 32.8 3,952 801 4.4 26.0 North 4,183 209 4.5 32.1 120 62 15.0 14.5 1,296 798 12.5 11.3 Wales 1,673 158 8.1 14.6 163 73 12.9 11.0 757 376 7.4 22.9 Scotland 7,228 813 2.4 4.1 333 445 4.5 7.9 1,441 1,313 5.8 6.1 Northern Ireland 883 125 3.5 11.2 46 44 15.2 6.8 358 341 5.3 6.5
(b) MARCH 1972—continued Shipbuilding and, marine engineering Vehicles Textiles Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females South East 2,068 23 8.4 121.7 4,833 320 21.6 65.3 876 185 15.9 136.8 East Anglia 126 — 39.7 — 472 25 15.9 48.0 111 38 18.9 78.9 South West 402 12 23.4 16.7 1,563 76 13.3 43.4 306 79 9.8 143.0 West Midlands 43 1 18.6 100.0 6,585 586 4.3 16.4 729 269 6.4 31.2 East Midlands 22 I 45.5 — 1,392 84 10.7 47.6 1,773 611 10.4 226.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 517 4 1.9 75.0 1,439 90 9.4 38.9 4,434 931 7.5 79.4 North West 2,456 59 4.1 3.4 3,607 192 5.1 20.3 6,089 1,651 5.7 34.7 North 3,432 41 1.0 17.1 679 43 4.3 48.8 907 357 5.6 61.1 Wales 215 3 9.8 166.7 763 93 6.3 15.1 655 146 7.0 37.7 Scotland 2,505 42 2.5 16.7 1,397 156 1.4 3.8 3,283 2,343 3.0 13.8 Northern Ireland 497 10 0.2 40.0 284 41 3.2 17.1 1,421 1,156 4.1 23.4 438W
Public administration and defence Transport and communication Construction Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Unemployed Unfilled vacancies per 100 unemployed Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females South East 8,301 1,012 20.2 110.3 13,435 784 21.1 102.8 26,644 254 20.4 113.0 East Anglia 923 130 20.7 52.3 1,470 68 15.0 17.6 3,149 42 14.9 47.6 South West 3,236 371 9.3 60.4 3,499 191 6.6 27.2 7,906 90 15.3 63. West Midlands 2,141 303 11.7 45.5 3,108 228 7.2 30.3 12,855 102 6.9 69.6 East Midlands 1,392 186 18.5 79.6 2,094 115 11.5 37.4 7,784 51 10.8 76.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,568 334 11.2 629 5,00.9 200 4.7 36.0 15,215 115 6.0 60.9 North West 4,332 512 4.5 35.2 9,299 466 3.8 23.6 23,896 144 3.8 46.5 North 2,813 460 7.3 18.7 4,506 261 4.0 18.4 17,205 116 4.8 33.6 Wales 1,889 326 4.9 29.8 2,663 178 5.4 16.9 13,069 89 4.6 51.7 Scotland 5,983 941 2.8 6.5 7,502 849 2.3 8.1 29,875 292 2.0 17.5 Northern Ireland 1,608 351 6.0 17.1 1,669 152 1.7 18.4 11,728 96 2.8 22.9