HC Deb 07 July 1988 vol 136 c685W
Mr. Stern

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment by how much the total of unfilled vacancies in the Bristol travel-to-work area exceeds that of a year ago.

Mr. Lee

On 8 May 1988 there were 3,656 unfilled vacancies, excluding community programme vacancies, at jobcentres covering an area closely corresponding to the Bristol travel-to-work area, 37 less than in May 1987. Vacancies at jobcentres do not represent the total number of vacancies in the economy. Estimates suggest that nationally only about a third of all vacancies are notified to jobcentres, but equivalent local estimates are not available.

Employees in employment in the textile1 industry in Great Britain
Males Females
Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All
June 1971 n.a. n.a. 255.4 201.3 42.8 244.1
June1987 112.4 2.3 114.7 91.7 15.2 106.9
March 1988 119.6 2.2 111.8 91.2 14.1 105.3