§ Mr. Trewasked the Secretary of State for Employment what, at the latest available date, were the numbers of registered 19W unemployed and of unfilled vacancies in the paper and board industry ; and what were the comparable figures 12 months previously.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information :
PAPER AND BOARD : GRRAT BRITAIN Number Unemployed Number of Unfilled Vacancies October 1973 1,502 1,544 October 1972 2,722 430 The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and do not measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
Unemployed on 8th October 1973 Men aged 18 and over Boys aged under IS Women aged 18 and over Girls aged under 18 Total For up to 13 weeks … 657 41 174 52 924 For over 13 and up to 26 weeks. … 180 4 66 11 261 For over 26 weeks … 881 8 104 3 996 Total … 1,718 53 344 66 2,181 Note : The figures are not adjusted to take into account additions and deletions in respect of the date of the count but notified on the four days following that date. Rates of unemployment are calculated by expressing the unemployed as a percentage of the numbers of employees, employed and unemployed. Separate rates can be calculated for males but not for men. For October 1973 the rate of unemployment in the area for males was 6.9 per cent.