§ Mr. T. Smithasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the number and age-group of persons registered as 1457W wholly unemployed at Normanton, Castleford and Pontefract on the latest date available; and the comparative figures for 1938 and 1937?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe following table shows, for each of the age-groups for
—— 16th January, 1939. 17th January, 1938. 25th January, 1937. Normanton Employment Exchange: Ages 21 and over 493 498 730 Ages 18–20 32 18 11 Ages 16 and 17 11 14 12 Ages 14 and 15 3 19 16 Castleford Employment Exchange: Ages 21 and over 2,361 2,161 2,831 Ages 18–20 96 47 64 Ages 16 and 17 75 22 50 Ages 14 and 15 120 19 50 Pontefract Employment Exchange: Ages 21 and over 728 720 1,873 Ages 18–20 45 43 63 Ages 16 and 17 29 30 56 Ages 14 and 15 54 73 162
§ Mr. T. Smithasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the number of vacancies notified by employers during 1938 at the Normanton, Castleford and Pontefract Employment Exchanges; the number of vacancies filled; and how many of the persons engaged were more than 45 years of age?
§ Mr. E. BrownI am having the available figures extracted, and will circulate a statement in the Official Report.