asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list by trade and occupation the registered vacancies in (a) the Greater London area and (b) the Brent travel-to-work area in May 1979 and the latest available date.
Information by age and by duration of unemployment is available for January, April, July and October and table 2 gives the median lengths of time on the register at April 1979 and January 1982, the latest available. Table 3 gives an age breakdown at the same dates.
The figures in the tables include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
Table 1 Total numbers registered as unemployed
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May 1979
| April 1982 (provisional)
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| Greater London | 134,050 | 339,350 |
| Kilburn employment office area | 1,468 | 3,156 |
| Wembley employment office area | 1,278 | 4,316 |
| Willesden employment office area | 1,771 | 6,434 |
Table 2 Median length of time on the register (weeks)
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April 1979
| January 1982
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| Greater London | 20 | 26 |
| Kilburn employment office area | 20 | 29 |
| Wembley employment office area | 16 | 24 |
| Willesden employment office area | 17 | 27 |
[pursuant to his reply, 28 April 1982, c. 293.]: The following table gives an analysis by broad occupational groups of the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at June 1979 and March 1982. The figures, which are available quarterly, relate to vacancies notified to employment offices but not to careers offices.
Vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the economy as a whole.
Greater London
| Kilburn, Wembley and Willesden employment offices
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June 1979
| March 1982
| June 1979
| March 1982
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| Managerial occupations (general management) | 40 | 34 | — | — |
| Professional and related occupations supporting management and administration | 866 | 582 | 5 | 2 |
| Professional and related occupations in education, welfare and health | 1,486 | 699 | 40 | 21 |
| Literary, artistic and sports | 152 | 90 | 2 | 4 |
| Professional and related occupations in science, engineering, technology and similar fields | 1,089 | 517 | 30 | 9 |
| Managerial (excluding general management) | 1,315 | 770 | 29 | 29 |
| Clerical and related occupations | 11,927 | 4,041 | 552 | 168 |
| Selling | 5,429 | 2,554 | 150 | 85 |
| Security and protective service | 1,359 | 488 | 29 | 17 |
| Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service | 12,552 | 3,908 | 268 | 93 |
| Farming, fishing and related occupations | 269 | 101 | 5 | 1 |
| Materials processing (excluding metal) | 741 | 97 | 28 | 6 |
| Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) | 5,543 | 1,384 | 172 | 50 |
| Processing, making, repairing and related occupations (metal and electrical) | 6,921 | 1,086 | 426 | 102 |
| Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related occupations | 2,913 | 424 | 151 | 38 |
| Construction, mining and related occupations not elsewhere classified | 1,531 | 286 | 84 | 7 |
| Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related occupations | 4,911 | 838 | 289 | 55 |
| Miscellaneous occupations (including general labourers) | 2,900 | 285 | 178 | 14 |
| Total, all occupations | 61,944 | 18,184 | 2,438 | 701 |