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Mr. Corbett
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what, for each year since 1973, was the total number of vacancies for males and females in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Golding
In the following table the annual figures shown for the United Kingdom are averages of the monthly counts of the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled. Information is not now available separately for males and females.
| (Thousands) | ||
| Employment Offices | Careers Offices | |
| 1973 | 307·0 | 95·9 |
| 1974 | 302·6 | 97·0 |
| 1975 | 150·1 | 33·5 |
| 1976 | 120·8 | 24·2 |
| 1977 (January-October) | 142·1 | 21·1 |
offices for October each year from 1970; and how many have been unemployed for more than 26 weeks in each of those years.
Mr. Golding
Following is the information:The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Because of possible duplication the two series should not be added together.