13. Mr. Slaterasked the Minister of Labour if he will set out in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number signing on at present at the employment exchanges in the Sedgefield constituency.
Following is the information:Statistics of unemployment are compiled only for employment exchange areas, and the Sedgefield constituency is part of the area served by the Darlington, Haverton Hill, Stockton and Thornaby, Spennymoor and West Hartlepool Employment Exchanges. The numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of these employment exchanges on 12th October. 1959. were as follows:
*Employment Exchanges Numbers registered as unemployed Darlington … 850 Haverton Hill … 232 Stockton and Thornaby … 1,379 Spennymoor … 537 West Hartlepool … 1,611 * Including Youth Employment Offices where appropriate.