§ Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the total number of job vacancies currently registered
February 1974 Unfilled vacancies at Numbers Males unemployed Females Employment offices Careers offices 415 105 487 104 The statistics for vacancies relate only to those notified to employment offices
400WThe following table gives the unemployment rates for the areas specified at each January and July from 1970:
in the Bedfordshire, South parliamentary constituency; and what was the figure in February 1974;
(2) what is the latest total number of unemployed males and females registered in the Bedfordshire, South parliamentary constituency; and what were the comparable figures in February 1974.
§ Mr. Golding,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 1st August 1978], gave the following information:
The following table gives the information at February 1974 and July 1978 for the area covered by the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard employment offices, which corresponds closely with the area of the Bedfordshire, South parliamentary constituency. The figures are not seasonally adjusted.
July 1978 Unfilled vacancies at Numbers Males unemployed Females Employment offices Careers offices 1,080 689 743 92 and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be 401W about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication in the two figures for July 1978, they should not be added together.