§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of vacancies in each industrial classification in (a) the Northern region, (b) Durham county and (c) Bishop Auckland constituency.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 6 May 1981, c. 65]: The following tables give the numbers registered as unemployed and the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled analysed by order of the standard industrial classification at February 1981, the latest date for which the quarterly industrial analyses are available. The unemployment figures—table 1—relate to the industry in which the unemployed person last worked. The vacancy figures—table 2—relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and career offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the economy as a whole. Because of possible duplication the figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.
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Standard Industrial Classification 1968 North Region County of Durham Bishop Auckland Parliamentary Constituency* Instrument engineering 599 33 6 Electrical engineering 5,548 1,741 561 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 5,025 48 5 Vehicles 1,361 730 235 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 2,305 509 195 Textiles 2,835 907 96 Leather, leather goods and fur 267 67 34 Clothing and footwear 5,388 959 153 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 2,179 460 108 Timber, furniture, etc. 1,591 334 94 Paper, printing and publishing 1,707 224 36 Other manufacturing industries 1,773 308 55 Construction 35,101 5,802 1,055 Gas, electricity and water 637 65 4 Transport and communication 6,798 1,107 208 Distributive trades 15,652 2,451 400 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 2,778 345 64 Professional and scientific services 6,143 1,170 169 Miscellaneous services 18,778 2,469 404 Public administration and defence 9,634 1,760 237 Not elsewhere classified (including school leavers) 29,371 5,474 770 Total, all industries and services 188,702 34,460 5,560 * The Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle and Newton Aycliffe employment office areas.
Table 2 Numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at 6 February 1981 North Region County of Durham Bishop Auckland Parliamentary constituency* Standard Industrial Classification 1968 † ‡ † ‡ † ‡ Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5 — — — — — Mining and quarrying 4 1 1 — — — Food, drink and tobacco 66 5 31 1 1 — Coal and petroleum products 3 — 1 — — — Chemicals and allied industries 62 5 10 — 5 — Metal manufacture 11 — — — — — Mechanical engineering 159 6 21 — 5 — Instrument engineering 8 — — — — — Electrical engineering 54 3 8 — 4 — Shipbuilding and marine engineering 17 — — — — — Vehicles 29 — 1 — — — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 34 3 9 2 3 — Textiles 23 3 1 — — — Leather, leather goods and fur — — — — — — Clothing and footwear 76 10 15 — 2 — Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 16 — 6 — 4 — Timber, furniture, etc. 43 3 11 1 3 1 Paper, printing and publishing 29 2 6 1 1 — Other manufacturing industries 29 2 4 — — — Construction 262 11 12 3 5 1 Gas, electricity and water 22 9 1 — — — Transport and communication 84 4 16 — 3 — Distributive trades 511 28 100 3 15 — Insurance, banking, finance and business services 238 5 67 — 3 — Professional and scientific services 450 4 133 — 27 — Miscellaneous services 949 11 142 1 26 1 Public administration 550 4 81 — 8 — Total, all industries and services 3,734 119 677 12 115 3 * The Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle and Newton Aycliffe employment office areas. † At employment offices. ‡ At careers offices.