§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if, using the latest available figures, he will show the unfilled notified vacancies for Scotland and Great Britain as a percentage of total employees for each full year since 1966, and for the early months of 1973.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED AS PERCENTAGES OF MID-YEAR ESTIMATES OF THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES Scotland Great Britain Monthly average: 1966 … … 1.0 1.6 1967 … … 0.7 1.1 1968 … … 0.8 1.2 1969 … … 0.9 1.2 1970 … … 0.7 1.1 1971 … … 0.4 0.8 1972 … … 0.4 0.8 January 1973 … … 0.5 1.0 The statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show the unfilled vacancies per 100 of wholly unemployed in Scotland, Great Britain, and in each county and city of Scotland in each of the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe following table shows information for January 1972 439W and January 1973. The full information requested could be assembled only at disproportionate cost.
NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED PER 100 UNEMPLOYED January 1972 January 1973 Scotland 4.4 8.8 Great Britain 14.4 29.5 Analysis for Scotland: Part 1—Counties: Zetland 28.0 30.4 Orkney 5.7 11.4 Caithness and Sutherland 3.1 4.9 Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty 4.2 16.5 Argyll 6.0 5.3 Moray and Nairn 5.0 11.5 Banffshire 4.9 11.8 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire 5.2 14.3 Angus 3.4 9.1 Perthshire 14.8 18.2 Fife and Kinross-shire 3.0 6.1 Edinburgh and Lothians 7.0 12.4 Stirling and Clackmannanshire 4.1 6.1 Dunbartonshire 1.5 4.0 Renfrewshire 2.2 4.4 Lanarkshire 2.0 4.7 Ayrshire and Bute 3.3 7.4 Dumfriesshire 4.4 17.3 Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire 2.4 4.7 Berwickshire, Peebleshire, Selkirk and Roxburghshire 19.2 33.7 Part 2—Counties of Cities: Glasgow City 5.2 9.9 Edinburgh* 10.1 16.7 Aberdeen* 6.1 15.0 Dundee* 3.4 8.7 *Also included in the appropriate county figures in Part 1. NOTE:
The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show to the latest available date the unfilled vacancies per 100 wholly unemployed in electrical and electronics, engineering and allied trades, and construction, in Scotland, Great Britain, and in each county and city of Scotland in each of the past 12 months.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe following table shows information for Scotland and Great Britain in January 1972 and January 1973. I regret that figures for each county and city of Scotland are not readily available and could be assembled only at disproportionate cost.
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Notified vacancies remaining unfilled per 100 unemployed in certain industries Scotland Great Britain January 1973 Electrical engineering 13.4 57.9 Mechanical and instrument engineering 8.0 45.0 Construction 6.8 18.3 January 1972 Electrical engineering 6.0 19.6 Mechanical and instrument engineering 1.9 13.2 Construction 1.7 6.8 The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total demand for labour.
The industries shown are based on the 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification. They are:
- Electrical engineering—Order IX.
- Mechanical and instrument engineering—Orders VII and VIII.
- Construction—Order XX.