Job Vacancies (Oakengates)

HC Deb 15 June 1981 vol 6 cc256-7W

Mr. Hawksley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many job vacancies have been filled for each of the last 12 months in the Oakengates travel-to-work area of Shropshire.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The following gives vacancies filled by the Manpower Services Commission's jobcentres in the Oakengates travel-to-work area.

	Vacancies filled
June 1980	338
July 1980	312
August 1980	205

	Vacancies filled
September 1980	159
October 1980	336
November 1980	400
December 1980	186
January 1981	101
February 1981	153
March 1981	233
April 1981	254
May 1981	391

The actual number of vacancies filled in the travel-to-work area during the period will have been much greater as the percentage of all vacancies in the area filled by the Commission is estimated to be about 23 per cent.