HC Deb 16 December 1975 vol 902 c596W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the total number of employees in employment and the total of notified unfilled employee vacancies in Wales for November 1975 and for each November for the past 10 years.

Mr. John Fraser

Estimates of the numbers of employees in employment, on a consistent basis, are available from the series of continuous employment estimates which relates to June each year. Vacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Following is the information available:

WALES
Estimated number of employees in employment (thousands)
June 1965 1,028
June 1966 1,028
June 1967 994
June 1968 989
June 1969 975
June 1970 968
June 1971 962
June 1972 972
June 1973 1,000
June 1974 992
June 1975 (provisional) 986

Numbers of notified unfilled vacancies
Employment Offices Careers Offices
November 1965 8,205 2,239
November 1966 6,399 1,275
November 1967 4,830 1,920
November 1968 5,460 2,120
November 1969 6,135 2,170
November 1970 5,858 1,952
November 1971 4,013 1,465
November 1972 4,875 1,770
November 1973 9,362 3,521
November 1974 8,288 2,225
November 1975 3,890 768

Because of possible duplication the vacancy figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.