HC Deb 27 January 1976 vol 904 cc112-3W
Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of school leavers in the Bournemouth employment area who left school in June/July 1975 and who remain registered as unemployed.

Mr. John Fraser

Forty-six on 8th January 1976.

Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the total number of unemployed males and females, respectively, in the Bournemouth employment area currently notified to his Department; and what were the comparable figures for each year from 1971 to to 1975, inclusive;

(2) what is the total number of job vacancies for males and females, respectively, in the Bournemouth employment area currently notified to his Department; and what were the com

BOURNEMOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREA
Notified vacancies remaining unfilled
Unemployed Employment Office Careers Office
Males Females Males Females Males Females
January 1971 1,995 425 169 160 37 86
January 1972 2,478 507 226 195 32 50
January 1973 1,892 412 236 181 76 90
January 1974 1,831 443 451 345 131 174
February 1975* 2,408 509 169 56 39 51
January 1976† 3,952 1,189 122 53
*Owing to industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency, information is not available for January 1975.
†Provisional.

The vacancy 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 vacancy figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.

Following the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act, vacancies are not recorded separately for males and females from January 1976 onwards.