§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of coalminers presently unemployed in the Easington constituency, and what is the number aged 55 years and over.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 10th April, 421 males who last worked in coal mining were registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Peterlee and Wingate Employment Exchanges, which approximates broadly to the Easington constituency. There is no age analysis of this figure but a special quarterly return in March of workers unemployed through planned reductions in colliery manpower showed that 270 such workers, including 265 aged 55 and over, were registered as unemployed in this area.