Professional and Executive Recruitment

HC Deb 19 December 1975 vol 902 cc877-9W

Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the criteria used by his Department in deciding whether to open a professional and executive recruitment service office in a specific locality.

Mr. John Fraser

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that there are no set criteria. The guiding principle is that the potential demand for the PER service in any specific location should be such as to justify a full time office.

Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons from the Dundee area have made use of the services of the PER office in Aberdeen during the past 12 months.

Mr. John Fraser

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that 48 of the vacancies notified and 618 of the people enrolling at the PER Office in Aberdeen during the year ending 30th November 1975 originated from the Dundee area.

Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the total number of persons seeking the services of the PER office in Aberdeen during the past 12 months.

Mr. John Fraser

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that 212 vacancies were notified and 2,499 people seeking employment registered at the PER office in Aberdeen during the year ending 30th November 1975.

Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the unemployment rate in the professional and executive ranks in Dundee at the latest date for which figures are available;

(2) what was the unemployment rate in the professional and executive ranks in Aberdeen at the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. John Fraser

At September 1975, 160 unemployed people in the Dundee employment office area were registered for employment in managerial and professional occupations and in Aberdeen the number was 228. The figure for Aberdeen includes some unemployed persons from the wider area covered by the Aberdeen professional and executive recruitment office. I regret that unemployment rates are not calculated for particular occupations.