§ Mr. Thorneasked the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he considers are necessary and within his departmental capability to improve employment prospects in the telecommunications industry.
§ Mr. BoothMy Department has no power materially to influence employment prospects in the telecommunications industry. I understand, however, that Sir William Ryland has now put proposals to the industry about the level of the proposed cut back and that these involve a slightly smaller number of redundancies. The Manpower Services Commission, through its employment and training services agencies will of course do all it can to assist those affected.
OCTOBER 1975 Notified Vacancies Unfilled Unemployed Employment Offices Careers Offices Males Females Males Females Males Females Great Britain 865,027 249,184 77,473 51,951 13,400 12,205 Wales 54,553 15,894 2,530 1,998 465 431 Scotland 94,310 31,486 8,334 7,163 1,062 1,261 South East 203,643 54,375 34,110 20,326 5,356 5,043 East Anglia 21,876 6,160 2,492 1,666 455 457 South West 66,929 19,217 4,911 3,640 911 905 West Midlands 92,269 29,729 3,886 2,419 1,370 683 East Midlands 49,114 14,607 4,575 3,034 800 746 Yorkshire and Humberside 76,574 20,730 5,255 3,412 1,275 930 North West 137,120 36,288 6,383 4,917 1,103 1,225 North 68,639 20,698 4,997 3,376 603 524