§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed (a) adults and (b) school leavers are available for each job vacancy (i) in Wolverhampton, (ii) in the West Midlands and (iii) in the country as a whole.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 19 July 1982, c. 33–34.]: The following table gives unemployment and vacancy figures for the areas specified. The age analysis of the unemployed, distinguishing those aged 18 and over, is compiled only quarterly, and the latest figures available are for April. Figures for school leavers are available monthly. The figures below exclude young people under 18 who are not school leavers.
The numbers of unemployed school leavers in July include summer leavers not present in the April figures. The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of this, and of possible duplication between the figures for employment offices and careers offices, it is not possible 265W to provide reliable unemployment-vacancy ratios. The number of vacancies unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, filled or withdrawn which would reflect activity more closely. For example, during the 12-month period to June 1982,
Unemployd aged 18 years and over Unemployed school leavers under 18 years of age Unfilled vacancies At employment offices At careers offices Wolverhampton employment office area April 1982 16,607 917 221 36 July 1982 (Provisional) * 2,229 182 45 West Midlands April 1982 326,042 14,264 6,673 598 July 1982 (Provisional) * 32,117 6,579 635 United Kingdom April 1982 2,814,442 128,161 115,999 5,969 July 1982 (Provisional) * 303,848 115,325 6,488 * Not available.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers were unemployed in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands in June 1982, and in each of the previous four years in June.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 19 July 1982, c. 33–34]: The following table gives the numbers of school leavers under 18 years of age registered as unemployed in the Wolverhampton employment office area and the West Midlands region at the dates specified.
June each year Wolverhampton employment office area West Midlands region 1978 1,129 8,486 1979 1,473 10,823 1980 1,418 13,384 1981 1,823 18,573 1982 1,637 21,243