§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether the 1974 and 1975 vacancy figures published in the 1975 Welsh Digest of Statistics, Table 4.12, are the sum of vacancies reported to employment and careers offices, without duplication.
§ Mr. John FraserThe figures published in Table 4.12 of the 1975 Digest
NOTIFIED UNFILLED VACANCIES: WALES Employment Offices Careers Offices Males Females Total Males Females Total 1974— April … … 5,340 3,571 8,911 1,596 1,586 3,182 May … … 5,489 3,846 9,335 1,620 1,598 3,218 June … … 5,952 4,201 10,153 1,668 1,652 3,320 July … … 6,076 3,996 10,072 1,702 1,713 3,415 August … … 5,949 3,462 9,411 1,419 1,444 2,863 September … 6,077 3,651 9,728 1,387 1,388 2,775 October … 5,737 3,212 8,949 1,114 1,242 2,356 November … 5,241 3,047 8,288 1,018 1,207 2,225 December … 4,507 2,690 7,197 762 935 1,697 1975— January* … .. .. .. .. .. .. February* … 3,500 2,400 5,900 640 719 1,359 March … … 3,782 2,724 6,506 669 709 1,378 April … … 3,397 3,119 6,516 630 751 1,381 May … … 3,237 2,998 6,235 561 648 1,209 June … … 3,086 2,870 5,956 606 691 1,297 July … … 2,918 2,442 5,360 581 631 1,212 August … … 2,839 2,249 5,088 564 442 1,006 September … 2,828 2,302 5,130 551 449 1,000 October … 2,530 1,998 4,528 465 431 896 November … 2,179 1,711 3,890 417 351 768 * Owing to industrial action figures for January 1975 are not available and those for February 1975 are estimated. Vacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to Employment Offices and Careers Offices and are not a measure of total vacancies.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the number of persons unemployed, the number of unfilled vacancies, the ratio of unemployed to available vacancies and the unadjusted unemployment rate for each employment exchange area in Wales for the most recently available month.
§ Mr. John FraserVacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices
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UNEMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES IN WALES AT NOVEMBER 1975 Number of notified unfilled vacancies Employment Office or travel-to-work area Number unemployed Employment Offices Careers Offices Percentage rate of unemployment Aberdare … … … … 1,635 14 5 7.3 Aberystwyth … … … 530 39 29 5.3 Bargoed* … … … … 2,722 49 2 11.0 Barmouth … … … … 243 7 14 6.4 Blaenau Ffestiniog … … 310 — — 14.3 Brecon … … … … 240 16 19 3.3 of Welsh Statistics—which gives a series from 1965 onwards—are the sum of vacancies at employment offices and careers offices. From April 1974 onwards, however, there is a possibility that some vacancies may be notified to both offices. The following table gives separate information for both categories of office from April 1974 to November 1975, inclusive. Future issues of the Welsh Digest of Statistics will provide analyses on a similar basis.
and are not a measure of total vacancies. Because of possible duplication vacancy figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together and thus it is not possible to calculate the ratios requested. Rates of unemployment are calculated for single employment office areas or for employment office areas grouped to form travel-to-work areas. The following table shows information for the areas for which unemployment rates are calculated:
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Number of notified unfilled vacancies Employment Office or travel-to-work area Number Unemployment Employment Offices Careers Offices Percentage rate of unemployment Caernarvon* … … … 2,138 159 13 11.1 Cardiff* … … … … 10,792 665 252 5.5 Cardigan … … … … 445 14 — 12.6 Carmarthen … … … 450 28 21 3.0 Chepstow … … … … 517 17 — 6.6 Colwyn Bay … … … 922 86 1 7.7 Denbigh … … … … 337 20 — 5.1 Ebbw Vale* … … … 2,819 71 2 9.3 Fishguard … … … … 312 7 — 9.7 Haverfordwest … … … 930 37 15 8.3 Holyhead* … … … … 2,152 77 10 12.4 Lampeter* … … … … 653 13 — 11.1 Llandeilo* … … … … 186 21 — 6.3 Liandrindod Wells … … 443 23 18 6.8 Llandudno* … … … 989 107 9 7.5 Llanelli* … … … … 1,562 177 12 5.0 Llangollen … … … … 384 24 — 8.8 Llanwrst … … … … 183 1 — 6.8 Machynlleth … … … 119 5 — 6.7 Merthyr Tydfil* … … … 1,415 83 10 5.6 Milford Haven … … … 849 6 — 9.4 Monmouth … … … 356 24 — 9.5 Neath* … … … … 1,294 46 18 5.0 Newport* … … … … 4,464 98 17 5.5 Newtown … … … … 378 23 14 5.7 Pembroke Dock … … … 819 15 6 14.3 Pontypool* … … … 2,956 146 32 6.4 Pontypridd* … … … 4,774 166 27 7.3 Port Talbot* … … … 4,240 258 66 5.5 Pwllheli* … … … … 973 36 12 10.8 Rhyl … … … … … 2,119 68 9 12.4 Shotton* … … … … 2,969 37 23 7.3 Swansea* … … … … 4,943 918 80 5.3 Tenby … … … … 469 4 — 15.6 Tywyn … … … … 98 2 — 8.7 Welshpool … … … … 394 10 — 6.3 Wrexham* … … … … 3,986 221 15 9.5 Ystradgynlais* … … … 1,231 52 17 9.9 * Travel-to-work area.