asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers and composition by standard industrial classification of employment vacancies and unemployment in the parliamentary constituencies of Falmouth and Cam-borne and St. Ives or in the employment areas which most closely correspond to these constituencies at the latest date for which figures are available; and what are the comparable figures for March 1974.
pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 30th January 1976, Vol. 904, c. 350], gave the following information.The following tables show the numbers of employees, unemployed and vacancies in the Camborne, Falmouth and St. Ives employment office areas. The latest comprehensive employment estimates for local areas are from the June 1973 census of employment. In order to avoid the disclosure of confidential information, employment estimates are given for eight broad industrial groups.
| EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT JUNE 1973 | |||||||
Camborne
| Falmouth
| (Thousand) St. Ives
| Camborne
| Falmouth
| (Thousand) St. Ives
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| Primary industries (Orders I and II) | 0·6 | 0·5 | 0·0 | Miscellaneous services† (Order XXVI) | 0·8 | 1·8 | 1·4 |
| Manufacturing industries (Orders III–XIX) | 4·4 | 3·1 | 0·3 | Public Administration (Order XXVII) | 0·5 | 0·5 | 0·1 |
| Construction (Order XX) | 0·4 | 0·7 | 0·3 | Other service Industries* (Orders XXII, XXIV and XXV) | 2·3 | 1·9 | 0·4 |
| Gas, electricity and water (Order XXI) | 0·5 | 0·1 | 0·0 | ||||
| Distributive trades (Order XXIII) | 1·4 | 1·4 | 0·4 | Total: All industries and services† | 11·0 | 10·0 | 3·1 |
* Transport and communication, insurance Banking, Finance and Business services and Professiona | |||||||
| †Excluding private domestic service. | |||||||
Notified vacancies remaining unfilled at January 1976
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Unemployed at January 1976
| Camborne
| Falmouth
| St. Ives*
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Camborne
| Falmouth
| St. Ives
| Employment Office
| Careers Ofice
| Employment Office
| Careers Office
| Employment Office
| ||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | … | 21 | 47 | 15 | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| Mining and quarrying | … | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Food, drink and tobacco | … | 10 | 12 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Coal and petroleum products | … | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chemicals and allied industries | … | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metal manufacture | … | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mechanical engineering | … | 63 | 23 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Instrument engineering | … | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Electrical engineering | … | 27 | 25 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| Shipbuilding and marine engineering | 2 | 105 | 2 | — | — | 10 | — | — | |
| Vehicles | … | 5 | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metal goods not elsewhere specified | … | 5 | 27 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Textiles | … | 69 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Leather, leather goods and fur | … | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clothing and footwear | … | 10 | 4 | 4 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bricks, pottery, glass, cement etc | … | 12 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Timber, furniture etc. | … | 2 | 30 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Paper, printing and publishing | … | 5 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other manufacturing industries | … | — | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Construction | … | 169 | 217 | 82 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Gas, electricity and water | … | 8 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Transport and communication | … | 21 | 84 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Distributive trades | … | 104 | 138 | 64 | 4 | — | — | 5 | — |
| Insurance, banking, finance and business services | 11 | 20 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Professional and scientific services | … | 35 | 63 | 17 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Miscellaneous services | … | 85 | 292 | 238 | 3 | — | 9 | — | — |
| Public administration and defence | … | 40 | 87 | 49 | 7 | — | 3 | — | 2 |
| Total, all industries and services | … | 740 | 1,239 | 559 | 30 | 7 | 33 | 6 | 3 |
* Careers Office facilities for St. Ives are currently provided by the Penwith Careers Office which also covers Penzance and Hayle. | |||||||||
Notified vacancies remaining unfilled at March 1974
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Unemployed at March 1974.
| Camborne
| Falmouth
| St. Ives
| |||||||
Camborne
| Falmouth
| St. Ives
| Employment Office
| Careers Office
| Employment Office
| Careers Office
| Employment Office
| Careers Office
| ||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | … | 15 | 10 | 77 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | — | — |
| Mining and quarrying | … | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food, drink and tobacco | … | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Coal and petroleum products | … | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chemicals and allied industries | … | 12 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metal manufacture | … | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Mechanical engineering | … | 15 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 13 | — | — | — |
| Instrument engineering | … | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Electrical engineering | … | 9 | 23 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Shipbuilding and marine engineering | … | 1 | 58 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Vehicles | … | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Metal goods not elsewhere specified | … | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Textiles | … | 4 | — | 2 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Leather, leather goods and fur | … | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clothing and footwear | … | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Bricks, pottery, glass, cement etc. | … | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Timber, furniture etc. | … | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Paper, printing and publishing | … | 2 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Other manufacturing industries | … | — | 18 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | — |
| Construction | … | 44 | 58 | 26 | 36 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 7 | — |
| Gas, electricity and water | … | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Transport and communication | … | 10 | 49 | 7 | 1 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — |
| Distributive trades | … | 30 | 51 | 36 | 11 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Insurance, banking, finance and business services | 3 | 18 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Professional and scientific | … | 11 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | — | 4 | — |
| Miscellaneous services | … | 26 | 100 | 102 | 19 | 5 | 37 | 11 | 19 | 4 |
| Public administration and defence | … | 24 | 46 | 20 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| Total, all industries and services | … | 231 | 503 | 337 | 153 | 64 | 145 | 52 | 54 | 15 |
The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and are not a measure of total vacancies.
Vacancies notified to employment offices include some that are suitable for young persons and those notified to careers offices include some that are suitable for adults. Because of possible duplication the two series should not be added together.