HC Deb 03 February 1976 vol 904 cc554-5W
Mr. Hayhoe

asked the Secretary of State for Employment in which local employment areas the main plants of Chrysler United Kingdom are situated; and if he will give the latest numbers and percentages of unemployed for those areas and a breakdown by occupation of the numbers of vacancies.

Mr. John Fraser

The main plants of Chrysler United Kingdom are in the Coventry, Rugby, Paisley and Luton employment office areas. The unemployment figures for January 1976 were:

Coventry Rugby Paisley Luton
Managerial (general management) … … … … — — — 2
Professional and related supporting management and administration. 52 — 1 189
Professional and related in education, welfare and health … 8 — 31 8
Literary, artistic and sports … … … … 2 — — 15
Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields. 58 1 2 234
Managerial (excluding general management) … … 24 2 2 85
Clerical and related … … … … … … 37 11 47 217
Selling … … … … … … … … 44 8 18 84
Security and protective service … … … … — 3 44 1
Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service 36 26 31 43
Farming, fishing and related … … … … 2 — 4 4
Materials processing (excluding metal) (hides, textiles, chemicals, food, drink and tobacco, wood, paper and board, rubber and plastics). 1 3 1 3
Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) (Glass, ceramics, printing, paper products, clothing, footwear, woodworking, rubber and plastics). 6 4 20 97
Processing making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) (iron, steel and other metals, engineering (including installation and maintenance), vehicles and shipbuilding). 39 34 43 141
Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related. 2 6 2 66
Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere 1 2 5 10
Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related. 12 3 9 28
Miscellaneous … … … … … … … … 6 3 7 8
Total … … … … … … … … 330 106 267 1,235

The figures do not include vacancies held at careers Offices. They relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled on the day of the count and are not a measure of total vacancies.