§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current ratios of unemployed persons, male and female, to unfilled vacancies in Great Britain, Wales, Scotland, and the English regions, respectively.
§ Mr. BoothVacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Because of possible duplication the figures for employment offices and careers offices cannot be added together and thus it is not possible to calculate the ratios requested. The following table shows the numbers unemployed and the numbers of notified unfilled vacancies.