§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of unfilled vacancies, nationally and regionally, for the latest month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Jim LesterFollowing is the information at 4 May.
At employment offices At careers offices South-East 118,541 19,676 East Anglia 8,527 1,693 South-West 19,550 2,174 West Midlands 16,069 4,695 East Midlands 16,752 2,680 Yorkshire and Humberside 18,217 4,301 North-West 21,771 2,601 North 11,523 744 Wales 11,553 756 Scotland 23,855 1,639 Great Britain 266,358 40,959 The statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication the two series should not be added together.