§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications and vacancies have been registered with the professional and executive recruitment service since 1st January 1975; and what is the average period of time for appointments to be filled.
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§ Mr. John FraserI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that during the period 1st January to 30th September 1975, 125,560 candidates enrolled with the professional and executive recruitment service and details of 12,133 vacancies were received. These figures compare with 100,049 and 32,839 respectively during the same period in 1974 and 91,367 and 48,254 during the same period in 1973.
The time taken to fill appointments varies according to the supply and demand position in the occupation concerned and other attendant circumstances. Information is not available which would indicate the average interval between the date of notification and the filling of a vacancy.
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of workers involved in redundancies in the recorded closures of manufacturing industrial establishments in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. John FraserI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the following table shows the number of redundancies notified as due to occur as a result of closures of such establishments for each of the last three years.
Nos. affected 1 Oct. 1972–30 Sept. 1973 38,080 1 Oct. 1973–30 Sept. 1974 29,450 1 Oct. 1974–30 Sept. 1975 48,300