§ Mr. Ainsleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of boys and girls who have recently signed on at the juvenile employment offices covering the North-West Durham constituency; and what training facilities are available to them.
§ Mr. GodberSeparate figures are not available for the constituency area alone. The greater part of the area is covered by the Crook Youth Employment Office, where on 11th November 54 boys and girls were registered for employment, including 9 who had signed on during the previous two weeks. A variety of training courses for young people is available at technical colleges in Bishop Auckland, Consett and Durham. Further first-year apprenticeship courses in engineering for boys will be available early next year at Tursdale Government Training Centre.
§ Mr. Ainsleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will give on a constituency basis for North-West Durham the adults registered as unemployed at Crook sub-
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED CITIZENS OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC REGI STERED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES Month of Count Wholly unemployed Temporarily Stopped Total of unemployed and temporarily stopped (c) expressed as a percentage of total adult unemployment in Great Britain (a) (b) (c) (d) Per cent May, 1962 … … 2,137 18 2,155 0.5 August, 1962 … … 1,894 39 1,933 0.5 November, 1962 … … 1,872 56 1,928 0.4 February, 1963 … … 4,842 2,312 7,154 0.8 May, 1963 … … 2,089 21 2,110 0.4 August, 1963 … … 1,483 1 1,484 0.3 The information relates to citizens of the Irish Republic who have come to this country at any time since 1st January, 1957.