§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the number of job vacancies in each of the four Scottish cities; and what is the Scottish total of job vacancies.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the precise form requested.
On 6 February 1987 the total number of job vacancies notified, and remaining unfilled, at jobcentres located within the four Scottish cities and the Scotland total as a whole was as shown in the table below.
Area Unfilled Job Vacancies City of Aberdeen Local Authority District 1,389 City of Dundee Local Authority District 369 City of Edinburgh Local Authority District 1,483 City of Glasgow Local Authority District 2,211 SCOTLAND 15,200 The figures provided do not represent the total number of vacancies in the economy. It is estimated that only around one-third of all vacancies nationally are notified to jobcentres.