§ Mr. Priorasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether the appointment of Mr. Tom Roffey as a member of the National Dock Labour Board is consistent with its undertaking that nominations should represent outside interests in the case of the four individual members, in
Notified unfilled vacancies June 1973 June 1974 June 1975 June 1976 June 1977 Employment Office Area at Employment Offices at Careers Offices at Employment Offices at Careers Offices at Employment Offices at Careers Offices at Employment Offices at Careers Offices at Employment Offices at Careers Offices Leek 204 111 153 127 37 114* 45 53* 16 58* Biddulph 47 17 65 30 36 —* 9 —* 19 —* Cheadle 22 27 75 15 44 —* 22 —* 38 —* Kidsgrove 251 29 352 38 106 —* 27 —* 40 —* *The careers office vacancies for Biddulph and Cheadle are now included with those for Leek. There are no separate figures for Kidsgrove which is now covered by the Burslem careers office. 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 two figures should not be added together.