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Leicester

Volume 884: debated on Thursday 23 January 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the latest level of unemployment in Leicester for skilled and unskilled categories of workers.

I regret that the precise information requested is not available but the following table shows an analysis by occupational group of unemployed people registered at the Leicester employment office at September 1974. They are the latest figures; because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency the quarterly analysis due in December is not available:

Unemployed at the Leicester Employment Office: September 1974
Managerial (general management)8
Professional and related supporting management and administration45
Professional and related in education, welfare and health34
Literary, artistic and sports28
Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields52
Managerial (excluding general management)69
Clerical and related420
Selling96
Security and protective service7
Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service173
Farming, fishing and related10
Materials processing (excluding metal) (hides, textiles, chemicals, food, drink and tobacco, wood, paper and board, rubber and plastics)80
Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) (glass, ceramics, printing, paper products, clothing, footwear, woodworking, rubber and plastics)145
Processing, making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) (iron, steel and other metals, engineering (including installation and maintenance), vehicles and shipbuilding)330
Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related151
Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere315
Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related269
Miscellaneous2,429
Total4,661
The figures do not include those registered at careers offices.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his latest estimate of the number of job vacancies in Leicester for skilled and unskilled workers.

I regret that the precise information requested is not available but the following table shows an analysis by occupational groups of notified unfilled vacancies in Leicester at September 1974. The statistics relate only to vacancies notified to the Leicester employment office and are not a measure of total vacancies. They are the latest figures; because of industrial action at the local offices of the Employment Service Agency the quarterly analysis due in December is not available.

Unfilled vacancies at the Leicester Employment Office: September 1974
Managerial (general management)4
Professional and related supporting management and administration82
Professional and related in education, welfare and health37
Literary, artistic and sports7
Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields125
Managerial (excluding general management)55
Clerical and related349
Selling110
Security and protective service151
Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service259
Farming, fishing and related6
Materials processing (excluding metal) (hides, textiles, chemicals, food, drink and tobacco, wood, paper and board, rubber and plastics)62
Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) (glass, ceramics, printing, paper products, clothing, footwear, woodworking, rubber and plastics)385
Processing, making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) (iron, steel and other metals, engineering (including installation and maintenance) vehicles and shipbuilding)631
Painting, reptitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related147
Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere34
Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related186
Miscellaneous198
Total2,828
The figures do not include vacancies held at careers offices.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in the greater Leicester area since 1972.

Information on the number of jobs lost is not available, but an indication of the net annual change can be obtained by comparing the levels of employment in the mid-year estimates for 1972 and 1973. Figures for mid-1974 are not yet available. In the Leicester employment office area there were 215,200 employees in employment at June 1972 and 221,500 at June 1973.