asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the date of the opening of the employment exchange in Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate, the capital cost involved, the number of people currently employed there, and the number of job vacancies filled for each of the previous three years.

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the employment office at Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate, opened on 25th August 1969. The accommodation was leased and the cost of adantations amounted to £6.256. A total of 16 people, including two part-time workers, are currently employed there, and the numbers of local job vacancies filled by the office during the past three years were: