§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Minister of Labour what is the employment position at Arley Colliery; and what steps his Department are taking to assist the miners becoming redundant, including provision of information about their entitlement under the Redundancy Payments Act.
§ Mr. HattersleyArley Colliery is to close on 29th March. The N.C.B. hope to offer jobs in other collieries to about 200 men. A further 30 will be retained for a few weeks on salvage operations. Employment staff were in attendance at
252Win February for each year since 1960 in England and Wales, and Scotland, respectively.
§ Mr. FernyhoughFollowing is the in- formation.
Northern Region and Gateshead, and the percentage of total unemployed in the Northern Region and Gateshead, together with the number of unfilled vacancies at the latest available date.
§ Mr. FernyhoughFollowing is the information:
the colliery from 26th February to 1st March and have been in attendance since 18th March. Just over 400 workers have been registered, of whom 300 are over 55 years of age. Every effort will be made to help to overcome the difficulties that some of these men will have in finding suitable employment. Details of Government training facilities are given to those men who are interested and likely to be eligible. The local employment exchange has explained the provisions of the Redundancy Payments Act to local officials of the N.U.M. and explanatory leaflets have been issued to a number of workers on request.