§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list the kinds of jobs, if any, requiring skills or qualifications for which there are vacancies which are not being filled because of lack of suitably skilled or qualified workers.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that this information is not readily available, and could be obtained only by the conduct of a special exercise, at an inordinate cost.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show the number of total vacancies registered in each employment exchange area in Strathclyde; and if he will show the percentage increase or decrease when July 1976 is compared with the same month in 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972 and 1971.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that information for all the dates specified could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The following table, however, shows for each employment office area in Strathclyde the numbers of notified unfilled vacancies at July 1971 and July 1976. The figures 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 945W at July 1976 should not be added together and it is therefore not possible to calculate
NOTIFIED UNFILLED VACANCIES July 1976 July 1971 Employment offices Careers offices Airdrie … … 50 164 — Alexandria … … 36 79 3 Ayr … … 122 328 25 Barrhead … … 67 311 8 Bellshill … … 36 122 — Blantyre … … 8 27 — Bridgetown … … 1,508 593 120 Cambuslang … … 3 32 8 Campbeltown … … 21 20 2 Carluke … … 2 40 — Clydebank … … 29 77 2 Coatbridge … … 25 141 12 Cumbernauld … … 41 42 5 Cumnock … … 268 32 6 Dumbarton … … 42 95 8 Dunoon … … 24 141 12 East Kilbride … … 124 167 7 Girvan … … 7 34 — Glasgow CEO … … 961 743 — Glasgow South Side … … 117 612 18 Govan … … 39 194 11 Greenock … … 219 558 157 Hamilton … … 46 196 19 Helensburgh … … 35 104 — Hillington … … 28 163 — Irvine … … 92 152 3 Johnstone … … 44 107 35 Kilbirnie … … 39 17 — Kilmarnock … … 49 123 17 Kilsyth … … 35 5 — Kilwinning … … 19 18 — Kinning Park … … 17 89 — Kirkintilloch … … 48 61 24 Lanark … … 54 54 13 Largs … … 40 31 — Larkhall … … 30 32 — Lesmanhagow … … — 13 — Lochgilphead … … 55 26 — Maryhill … … 57 173 — Motherwell … … 46 498 22 Newmilns … … 9 9 — Oban … … 77 48 26 Paisley … … 134 212 29 Parkhead and Easterhouse … … 60 113 46 Partick … … 133 343 23 Port Glasgow … … 70 78 79 Renfrew … … 56 77 10 Rothesay … … 26 42 — Rutherglen … … 31 57 — Saltcoats … … 20 120 6 Shotts … … 10 67 — Springburn … … 31 256 3 Troon … … 31 16 — Uddingston … … 8 35 — Wishaw … … 19 96 —
§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the
946Wlatest figure of vacancises registered in South Glamorgan and within the area of
947Wthe Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council, respectively; and how these figures compare with those for 1973, 1974 and 1975.
NOTIFIED UNFILLED VACANCIES South Glamorgan (Employment Office areas of Cardiff, Barry, Penarth, Llantwit Major) Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council Area (Employment Office areas of Barry, Penarth, Llantwit Major) Employment Offices Careers Offices Employment Offices Careers Offices July 1973 … … 2,123 975 253 108 July 1974 … … 1,962 566 214 52 July 1975 … … 796 205 114 24 July 1976 … … 1,079 212 193 18 The vacancy figures relate only to those notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Because of possible duplication, the figures for employment and careers offices should not be added together.