§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of notified vacancies per 100 male unemployed in each of the planning regions of the United Kingdom at April 1973; and if he will show how this compares with the position at March 1972.
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§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe information is as follows:
Unfilled vacancies for males per 100 males unemployed April 1973 March 1972 South-East … 83.5 23.9 East Anglia … 56.2 14.1 South West … 49.1 14.5 West Midlands … 38.3 7.9 East Midlands … 46.9 13.4 Yorkshire and Humberside … 25.8 7.2 North-West … 15.6 5.2 North … 16.2 5.2 Wales … 18.6 7.8 Scotland … 12.4 3.1 Northern Ireland … 11.4 3.9 The statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.