§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list by trade and occupation the registered vacancies in (a) the Greater London area and (b) the Brent travel-to-work area in May 1979 and the latest available date.
390WInformation by age and by duration of unemployment is available for January, April, July and October and table 2 gives the median lengths of time on the register at April 1979 and January 1982, the latest available. Table 3 gives an age breakdown at the same dates.
The figures in the tables include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
Table 1 Total numbers registered as unemployed May 1979 April 1982 (provisional) Greater London 134,050 339,350 Kilburn employment office area 1,468 3,156 Wembley employment office area 1,278 4,316 Willesden employment office area 1,771 6,434
Table 2 Median length of time on the register (weeks) April 1979 January 1982 Greater London 20 26 Kilburn employment office area 20 29 Wembley employment office area 16 24 Willesden employment office area 17 27
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 28 April 1982, c. 293.]: The following table gives an analysis by broad occupational groups of the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at June 1979 and March 1982. The figures, which are available quarterly, relate to vacancies notified to employment offices but not to careers offices.
391WVacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the economy as a whole.
Greater London Kilburn, Wembley and Willesden employment offices June 1979 March 1982 June 1979 March 1982 Managerial occupations (general management) 40 34 — — Professional and related occupations supporting management and administration 866 582 5 2 Professional and related occupations in education, welfare and health 1,486 699 40 21 Literary, artistic and sports 152 90 2 4 Professional and related occupations in science, engineering, technology and similar fields 1,089 517 30 9 Managerial (excluding general management) 1,315 770 29 29 Clerical and related occupations 11,927 4,041 552 168 Selling 5,429 2,554 150 85 Security and protective service 1,359 488 29 17 Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service 12,552 3,908 268 93 Farming, fishing and related occupations 269 101 5 1 Materials processing (excluding metal) 741 97 28 6 Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) 5,543 1,384 172 50 Processing, making, repairing and related occupations (metal and electrical) 6,921 1,086 426 102 Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related occupations 2,913 424 151 38 Construction, mining and related occupations not elsewhere classified 1,531 286 84 7 Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related occupations 4,911 838 289 55 Miscellaneous occupations (including general labourers) 2,900 285 178 14 Total, all occupations 61,944 18,184 2,438 701