§ 21. Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of employment vacancies registered in the London borough of Wandsworth on 31 March.
§ Mr. GummerAt 4 March—the latest available count—there were 290 notified vacancies remaining unfilled at jobcentres and 18 at careers offices in the area covered by the Balham, Clapham junction and Tooting jobcentres, which corresponds closely to the London borough of Wandsworth.
Vacancies notified to jobcentres are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. The number of vacancies remaining unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, filled or withdrawn which would reflect activity more closely.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 December 1982 the number of people placed in jobs by the Balham, Clapham junction and Tooting jobcentres was 6,178. It is estimated that the public employment service accounts for about one in four of all placings.