39.
asked the Minister of Labour how many posts for women have been filled by his appointments department in 1948; and how many vacancies for women are unfilled at present.
During 1948, the appointments offices filled 3,121 posts for women and on 9th May, 1949, 905 vacancies for women were outstanding. Corresponding figures for the nursing appointments offices are 12,182 posts filled during 1948 and 32,573 vacancies outstanding on 31st March, 1949. Figures for the technical and scientific register are not available.
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asked the Minister of Labour how many overseas appointments have been filled by his appointments department in the years 1946, 1947 and 1948.
The technical and scientific register and appointments offices filled 2,170 overseas appointments in 1946, 949 in 1947 and 691 in 1948. Comparable figures for nursing appointments offices are not available, but would be very small.