HC Deb 10 February 1976 vol 905 cc176-82W
Mr. Nott

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers and composition by standard industrial classification of employment vacancies and unemployment in the parliamentary constituencies of Falmouth and Cam-borne and St. Ives or in the employment areas which most closely correspond to these constituencies at the latest date for which figures are available; and what are the comparable figures for March 1974.

Mr. John Fraser,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 30th January 1976, Vol. 904, c. 350], gave the following information.

The following tables show the numbers of employees, unemployed and vacancies in the Camborne, Falmouth and St. Ives employment office areas. The latest comprehensive employment estimates for local areas are from the June 1973 census of employment. In order to avoid the disclosure of confidential information, employment estimates are given for eight broad industrial groups.

EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT JUNE 1973
Camborne Falmouth (Thousand) St. Ives Camborne Falmouth (Thousand) St. Ives
Primary industries (Orders I and II) 0.6 0.5 0.0 Miscellaneous services† (Order XXVI) 0.8 1.8 1.4
Manufacturing industries (Orders III–XIX) 4.4 3.1 0.3 Public Administration (Order XXVII) 0.5 0.5 0.1
Construction (Order XX) 0.4 0.7 0.3 Other service Industries* (Orders XXII, XXIV and XXV) 2.3 1.9 0.4
Gas, electricity and water (Order XXI) 0.5 0.1 0.0
Distributive trades (Order XXIII) 1.4 1.4 0.4 Total: All industries and services† 11.0 10.0 3.1
* Transport and communication, insurance Banking, Finance and Business services and Professiona[...] and Scientific services.
†Excluding private domestic service.

Notified vacancies remaining unfilled at January 1976
Unemployed at January 1976 Camborne Falmouth St. Ives*
Camborne Falmouth St. Ives Employment Office Careers Ofice Employment Office Careers Office Employment Office
Agriculture, forestry, fishing 21 47 15 3
Mining and quarrying 15 5 2 1
Food, drink and tobacco 10 12 6 1
Coal and petroleum products
Chemicals and allied industries 3 6 2
Metal manufacture 2 1 2
Mechanical engineering 63 23 8 1
Instrument engineering 9 4
Electrical engineering 27 25 1 3
Shipbuilding and marine engineering 2 105 2 10
Vehicles 5 11 8
Metal goods not elsewhere specified 5 27 4
Textiles 69 5 5 1
Leather, leather goods and fur 7 1
Clothing and footwear 10 4 4 6 1 1
Bricks, pottery, glass, cement etc 12 1 3
Timber, furniture etc. 2 30 1 1
Paper, printing and publishing 5 14 4
Other manufacturing industries 10 3
Construction 169 217 82 3
Gas, electricity and water 8 7 3 1
Transport and communication 21 84 24
Distributive trades 104 138 64 4 5
Insurance, banking, finance and business services 11 20 12 2 1
Professional and scientific services 35 63 17 8 1 1
Miscellaneous services 85 292 238 3 9
Public administration and defence 40 87 49 7 3 2
Total, all industries and services 740 1,239 559 30 7 33 6 3
* Careers Office facilities for St. Ives are currently provided by the Penwith Careers Office which also covers Penzance and Hayle.
Notified vacancies remaining unfilled at March 1974
Unemployed at March 1974. Camborne Falmouth St. Ives
Camborne Falmouth St. Ives Employment Office Careers Office Employment Office Careers Office Employment Office Careers Office
Agriculture, forestry, fishing 15 10 77 2 5 8 6
Mining and quarrying 2 5 4 13
Food, drink and tobacco 3 8 4 5 4 1
Coal and petroleum products 1 1
Chemicals and allied industries 12 1 7
Metal manufacture 1 3 3
Mechanical engineering 15 6 3 19 7 13
Instrument engineering 1 3 1
Electrical engineering 9 23 2 1 5
Shipbuilding and marine engineering 1 58 15 1 1
Vehicles 4 1
Metal goods not elsewhere specified 2 4 4 2 2
Textiles 4 2 31 14 2 2
Leather, leather goods and fur 1
Clothing and footwear 1 1 4 5 8 6 5
Bricks, pottery, glass, cement etc. 6 1 1 1
Timber, furniture etc. 2 1 2
Paper, printing and publishing 2 7 4 1 2 1 7 1
Other manufacturing industries 18 1 6 2
Construction 44 58 26 36 2 18 1 7
Gas, electricity and water 7 7 1
Transport and communication 10 49 7 1 5 1
Distributive trades 30 51 36 11 24 20 9 5 5
Insurance, banking, finance and business services 3 18 14 2 1 1
Professional and scientific 11 23 14 8 1 5 4
Miscellaneous services 26 100 102 19 5 37 11 19 4
Public administration and defence 24 46 20 4 2 3
Total, all industries and services 231 503 337 153 64 145 52 54 15

The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and are not a measure of total vacancies.

Vacancies notified to employment offices include some that are suitable for young persons and those notified to careers offices include some that are suitable for adults. Because of possible duplication the two series should not be added together.