§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers in (a) the Inner London area and (b) the Woolwich and Greenwich careers office remain unemployed at the most recent date; and how many vacancies suitable for young people remain unfilled in each of these areas.
§ Mr. GoldingAt 10th February the number of unemployed school leavers
Notified unfilled vacancies Numbers unemployed Employment Office Careers Offices March 1976 … … … 3,435 290 59 April 1976 … … … 3,595 264 83 May 1976 … … … 3,563 267 122 June 1976 … … … 3,526 317 89 July 1976 … … … 4,152 294 83 August 1976 … … … 4,351 286 48 September 1976 … … … 4,282 362 61 October 1976 … … … 3,961 304 62 November 1976 … … … * * * December 1976 … … … * * * January 1977 … … … 4,291 * 50 February 1977 … … … 4,080 289 63 * Figures not available because of Employment Group. The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment office and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Because of possible duplication, the two series should not be added together.