Sir PatrickWall asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the total number of registered job vacancies in Beverley and provide a breakdown by standard industrial classification.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following is the information for the Beverley employment office area at 8 May, the latest date for which an industrial analysis is available.
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Standard Industrial Classification 1968 At the Employment Office At the Careers Office Mechanical engineering 1 — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 1 — Construction 2 1 Gas, electricity and water 2 — Transport and communication 4 — Distributive trades 7 1 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 2 1 Professional and scientific services 9 — Miscellaneous services 16 — Public administration 4 — Total 48 3 Vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to account for about one-third of all vacancies in the economy as a whole. The number of vacancies unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, filled or withdrawn during the preceding month, which would reflect activity more closely.