§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the number of job vacancies notified to jobcentres in the parliamentary constituency of Macclesfield in January; and how this figure compares with January 1978 and 1979.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at the dates specified in the area covered by the Macclesfield and Congleton employment offices, which closely corresponds to the Macclesfield parliamentary constituency. 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 figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.
JANUARY 1978 At Employment Offices At Careers Offices 155 47
January 1979 January 1980 Region At Employment Offices At Careers Offices At Employment Offices At Careers Offices South East … … … … 98,443 14,890 85,489 11,568 East Anglia … … … … 6,217 801 6,263 584 South West … … … … 12,981 1,291 11,942 866 West Midlands … … … … 13,588 2,027 11,849 1,200 East Midlands … … … … 15,424 1,370 11,298 1,154 Yorkshire and Humberside … … 14,939 1,455 11,033 967 North West … … … … 16,941 1,458 14,621 1,324 North … … … … … 9,604 480 7,984 306 South East … … … … 98,443 14,890 85,489 11,568 East Anglia … … … … 6,217 801 6,263 584 South West … … … … 12,981 1,291 11,942 866 West Midlands … … … … 13,588 2,027 11,849 1,200 East Midlands … … … … 15,424 1,370 11,298 1,154 Yorkshire and Humberside … … 14,939 1,455 11,033 967 North West … … … … 16,941 1,458 14,621 1,324 North … … … … … 9,604 480 7,984 306 Wales … … … … … 7,344 434 7,323 391 Scotland … … … … … 18,108 961 16,824 787 Great Britain … … … … 213,589 25,167 184,626 19,147