§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, for each month since June 1979, the number of job vacancies in Dundee.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 8 February 1988]: The number of job vacancies (excluding community programme) notified and remaining unfilled in the Dundee jobcentre area for each month since June 1979 is shown in the table.
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 October 690 287 246 346 364 298 414 518 665 November 719 442 325 432 378 265 430 561 523 December 590 374 299 427 358 242 226 412 317 The figures are not directly comparable due to a change in the compilation of the statistics in October 1985, from which date this information is available in the Library. It is estimated that only around one-third of all vacancies are notified to jobcentres.