§ 84. Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Labour the number of disabled persons at Cardiff registered as unemployed at the most convenient recent date and the comparative figures for 1957, 1956 and 1955, respectively.
§ Mr. CarrThe numbers were 348 on 16th December, 1957, 383 in December, 1956, and 360 in December, 1955.
§ 85. Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement on the prospects for juvenile employment in Cardiff.
§ Mr. CarrThe prospects of school leavers in Cardiff obtaining employment are good, and will probably continue to be so. The general question of training opportunities for young people will be dealt with in the report by a sub-Committee of the National Joint Advisory Council which will be published next week.
§ Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Labour the number of people registering for employment in Cardiff at the most convenient recent date and the comparative numbers for 1957, 1956 and 1955, respectively.
Mr. lain MacleodOn 13th January, 1958, 3,434 people were registered for employment, of whom 415 were already in employment. Records are not available for earlier years covering those already in employment but the numbers of wholly unemployed people registering for employment in mid-January were 2,677 in 1958, 2,625 in 1957, 1,496 in 1956 and 2,185 in 1955.