§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the number of engineering draughtsmen on the books of jobcentres (a) in England and (b) in East Anglia;
(2) what is the number of vacancies for engineering draughtsmen on the books of jobcentres (a) in England and (b) in East Anglia.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table gives the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices for employment as engineering draughtsmen, and also the numbers of unfilled vacancies. The information is for December 1977. The vacancy figures relate only to notified vacancies and are not a measure of total vacancies for this occupation.
Numbers registered as unemployed Numbers of unfilled vacancies England 1,695 1,251 East Anglia 43 41