§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by occupation (a) the numbers of unemployed persons and (b) the number of vacancies in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in each June of the past three years.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherInformation is not available in the precise form requested. The following table gives the numbers of people registered as unemployed at, and unfilled vacancies notified to, employment offices and offices of Professional and Executive Recruitment in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in March 1981—the latest date for which information is available—March 1980 and March 1979. Similar information in respect of careers offices is not available. The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and Professional and Executive Recruitment and remaining unfilled on the statistical date. They do not purport to be a true measure of all vacancies in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area.