§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of employment vacancies in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area; and what was the number at the same time in 1979.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 11 July 1980, c. 317]: At 6 June 1980 the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at employment offices and careers offices in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area were 329 and 78, respectively. The corresponding figures at 8 June 1979 were 634 and 128. 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.