§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the notified vacancies in the employment area covered by the proposed Warley, East constituency at the latest convenient date; and how these figures compare with the national figure.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithOn 7th February there were 360 unfilled vacancies in the area covered by the Smethwick employment exchange, which covers most of the proposed Warley, East constituency. In Great Britain as a whole there were 274,576. The figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of unemployed in the employment area covered by the proposed Warley, East constituency at the latest convenient date; 133W what percentages of the working population they represent; and how the percentage figure compares with the national percentage figure.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithOn 12th February there were 954 people unemployed in the area covered by the Smethwick employment exchange, which covers most of the proposed Warley, East constituency. The unemployment rate—numbers unemployed as a percentage of total employees —for the West Bromwich travel-to-work area, which includes Smethwick, was 2.0 per cent. A rate can be calculated for this area as a whole but not separately for Smethwick. For Great Britain the rate of unemployment was 3.2 per cent.