§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of vacancies in manufacturing per 1,000 of the working population in each region of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table gives the numbers of unfilled vacancies in manufacturing industries and estimates of the numbers of employees, employed and unemployed, in all industries and services. Because of possible duplication, the vacancy figures for employment offices and careers offices cannot be added together to provide the ratios requested.
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§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of vacancies per 1,000 of the working population in each region of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table shows the numbers of unfilled vacancies
November 1977 June 1976 Unfilled vacancies* Employees, employed and unemployed At Employment Offices At Careers Offices South-East … … … … … … 69,244 9,437 7,555,000 East Anglia … … … … … 4,836 546 703,000 South-West … … … … … 8,152 719 1,611,000 West Midlands … … … … … 10,148 2,034 2,313,000 East Midlands … … … … … 10,578 1,314 1,571,000 Yorkshire and Humberside … … … 12,390 1,209 2,083,000 North-West … … … … … 12,562 923 2,837,000 North … … … … … … 8,763 647 1,359,000 Wales … … … … … … 5,810 372 1,069,000 Scotland … … … … … … 15,443 795 2,215,000 Northern Ireland … … … … … 1,986 427 546,000 * Vacancy Statistics for November 1977 are provisional. The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies.