§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will declare 1st May a public holiday.
§ Mr. BoothI have received representations about this which are under consideration.
PERCENTAGE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT* Bournemouth Travel-to-work Area South East and South West Regions Great Britain November 1975 … 6.9 3.9 4.9 November 1974 … 3.5 1.9 2.7 November 1973 … 2.4 1.4 2.2 November 1972 … 3.5 2.2 3.4 November 1971 … 4.6 2.5 3.8 November 1970 … 3.5 1.8 2.6 * The unemployed expressed as a percentage of the estimated number of employees, employed and unemployed.
§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total amount of unemployed males and females in the Bournemouth, East parliamentary constituency currently notified to his Department.
§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of job vacancies for males and females in the Bournemouth, East parliamentary constituency currently notified to his Department.
§ Mr. John FraserAt November 1975, 3,337 males and 926 females were unemployed in the Bournemouth Employment Office Area, which includes the Bournemouth East Constituency. Notified unfilled vacancies numbered 87 for males and 82 for females at the Bournemouth Employment Office and 28 for males and 39 for females at the Bournemouth Careers Office. The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to Employment Offices and Careers Offices and are not a measure of total vacancies.