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Mr. Bishop
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed persons there are in the administrative, professional and technical categories, respectively, in Nottinghamshire at the most recent date; and what further action he is taking to reduce the number out of work.
Mr. Dudley Smith
Occupational analyses of wholly unemployed men and women are made quarterly. At 6th December, 1971, there were 715 wholly unemployed people, 617 men and 98 women, registered at employment exchanges in Nottinghamshire for employment in administrative, professional and technical occupations. Information is not available for these occupational categories separately.I expect these workers to benefit from the extensive measures we have taken to reflate the economy.
| Numbers Affected | |||||||||
| Industry Groups | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 (2nd Half) | ||||||
| Total | Males included | Total | Males included | Total | Males included | ||||
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing | … | … | 8 | 7 | 24 | 17 | — | — | |
| Mining and Quarrying | … | … | … | 588 | 582 | 350 | 347 | 1,091 | 1,077 |
| Food, Drink and Tobacco | … | … | 3,814 | 1,176 | 2,713 | 956 | 176 | 81 | |
| Coal and Petroleum Products | … | … | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Chemicals and Allied Industries | … | 643 | 212 | 542 | 315 | 33 | 33 | ||
| Metal Manufacture | … | … | … | 2,184 | 1,750 + | 411 | 342 | 390 | 349 |
| Mechanical Engineering | … | … | … | 11,255 | 8,571 | 5,859 | 5,005 | 2,140 | 2,033 |
| Instrument Engineering | … | … | … | 408 | 230+ | 480 | 347 | — | — |
| Electrical Engineering | … | … | … | 2,511 | 870+ | 1,693 | 645 | 270 | 85 |
| Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | … | 1,559 | 1,491 | 1,633 | 1,584 | 1,310 | 1,286 | ||
| Vehicles | … | … | … | 1,980 | 1,669 | 1,382 | 1,235 | 290 | 288 |
| Other Metal Goods | … | … | … | 1,602 | 1,213 | 698 | 526 | 220 | 138 |
| Textiles | … | … | … | 3,636 | 1,293 | 4,866 | 2,175 | 1,022 | 391 |
| Leather, Leather Goods and Fur | … | 44 | 5 | 86 | 66 | 29 | 13 | ||
| Clothing and Footwear | … | … | … | 1,040 | 335 | 1,281 | 214 | 123 | 40 |
| Brick, Pottery, Glass, Cement etc. | … | 651 | 590 | 910 | 857 | 596 | 568 | ||
| Timber, Furniture etc. | … | … | … | 705 | 624 | 514 | 466 | 191 | 86 |
| Paper, Printing and Publishing | … | … | 1,750 | 1,230 | 656 | 378 | 163 | 122 | |
| Other Manufacturing | … | … | … | 1,060 | 680 | 365 | 241 | 424 | 257 |
| Construction | … | … | … | 2,737 | 2,640 | 3,227 | 3,069 | 1,123 | 1,083 |
| Gas, Electricity and Water | … | … | 272 | 240 | 623 | 619 | 92 | 91 | |
| Transport and Communication | … | … | 1,026 | 955 | 403 | 375 | 453 | 441 | |
| Distribution Trades | … | … | … | 1,665 | 570 | 1,029 | 373 | 228 | 149 |
| Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services | 61 | 20 | 167 | 29 | 32 | 17 | |||
| Professional and Scientific Services | … | 432 | 371 | 15 | — | 89 | 52 | ||
| Miscellaneous Services | … | … | … | 669 | 294 | 711 | 258 | 155 | 89 |
| Public Administration and Defence | … | 270 | 98 | 190 | 32 | 41 | 38 | ||