§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many vacancies for skilled engineering craftsmen were notified to the Woolwich employment exchange at the latest available date compared with the same date in 1977.
§ Mr. GoldingThe precise information is not available but at January 1978, the latest date for which information is available, 61 notified vacancies in the main skilled engineering occupations remained unfilled at the Woolwich Employment Office. Corresponding information for January 1977 is not available because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment Group but at February 1977 the number was 41. The762W figures relate only to notified vacancies and are not a measure of total vacancies.