asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether, in view of the industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services association within his Department, the monthly figures of unemployment and vacancies will be published as usual on Tuesday next.

The Department of Employment Group Section Executive Committee of the CPSA has imposed since 1st November a ban on statistical work by its members within the group in support of the association's national campaign against manpower economies. Until this action is called off it will not be possible to publish further statistics of unemployment and vacancies.