§ Mr. Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what special arrangements are being made throughout all employment exchanges from January onwards to cope with the prospective increase in unemployed people.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithIt is not expected that special arrangements will be necessary in all employment exchanges this winter to deal with unemployed people, apart from some reinforcement to handle applications for vocational training. An increase in training applications has resulted from the special drive to increase the number of unemployed workers being retrained, which was announced in 63W a Written Answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. Selwyn Gummer) on 20th July, 1971.—[Vol. 821, c. 249–50.]