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asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the latest available figures and percentages for unemployment available to him from international sources for the individual member States of the EEC and for Austria, Sweden, Japan and the United States of America, together with figures indicating the changes during the last month, quarter and year.
The latest available numbers and percentage rates of the unemployed for the specified countries and figures indicating the changes during the last month, quarter and year are given below. The figures are not strictly comparable owing to different national concepts and practices in measuring unemployment.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will give the numbers unemployed and the number of registered vacancies for January 1974, January 1975 and January
| NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED | ||||
| January 1974 | February 1975* | January 1976 | ||
| Birmingham | … | 17,608 | 22,801 | 51,669 |
| Liverpool | … | 39,653 | 47,669 | 72,576 |
| Glasgow | … | 29,674 | 30,571 | 43,934 |
| Inner London | … | 33,328 | 42,754 | 82,475 |
| UNFILLED VACANCIES | |||||||
| January 1974 | March 1975* | January 1976 | |||||
| Employment Offices | Careers Offices | Employment Offices | Careers Offices | Employment Offices | Careers Offices | ||
| Birmingham | … | 7,964 | 3,879 | 2,682 | 1,419 | 984 | 294 |
| Liverpool | … | 4,374 | 1,229 | 2,827 | 290 | 1,751 | 176 |
| Glasgow | … | 4,665 | 1,722 | 5,213 | 742 | 3,399 | 321 |
| Inner London | … | 34,943 | 9,286 | 23,571 | 5,415 | 9,482 | 2,129 |
| * Because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency unemployment and vacancy statistics are not available for January 1975 and vacancy statistics are not available for February 1975. | |||||||
Birmingham: Aston, Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Chelmesley Wood, Handsworth, Selly Oak, Small Heath, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Washwood Heath.
Liverpool: Bebington, Birkenhead, Bootle, Crosby, Ellesmere Port, Garston, Hoylake, Kirkby, Liverpool, Neston, Old Swan, Prescot, Regent Road, Wallasey, Walton.
Glasgow: Glasgow Commercial Office, Glasgow (South Side), Barrhead, Bridgeton, Cambuslang, Clydebank, Easterhouse, Govan, Millington, Kinning Park, Kirkintilloch, Maryhill, Parkhead, Partick, Rutherglen, Springburn.
Inner London: Bermondsey, Borough, Brixton, Camberwell, Camden Town, City, Clapham Junction, Deptford and Greenwich, Fulham, Hackney, Hammersmith, Holloway, Kings Cross, Lewisham, Poplar, Shoreditch, St. Marylebone, Stepney, Stratford, Tooting, Westminster, Willesden, Woolwich.
The vacancy figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to be 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.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the 15 to 25 year age group are un-
1976, respectively, for Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow and the total for the Inner London boroughs.
Following is the information available:employed in Scotland, Wales and England, respectively; and, in each case, what percentage has been unemployed for periods of one year, two years, and more.
The following table shows the information available at January 1976:
| Numbers unemployed aged 16–24 years | Percentage registered for more than 52 weeks | |
| Scotland | 59,658* | 4·4 |
| Wales | 28,901 | 6·2 |
| England | 364,939 | 4·9 |
| *The analysis does not distinguish separately those registered for specific periods in excess of 52 weeks. The figures do not include adult students. | ||