HC Deb 25 March 1937 vol 321 cc3074-5W
Mr. T. Smith

asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make a statement on the age distribution of the wholly unemployed registered at Castleford, Normanton, and Pontefract, respectively, at the latest convenient date?

Mr. E. Brown

The following table shows the numbers of wholly unemployed men and women in each age-group for which particulars were obtained, registered at the Castleford, Normanton and Pontefract Employment Exchanges, respectively, at 2nd November, 1936, the latest date for which these figures are available:

registered at the above Exchanges, in each age-group for which particulars were obtained, were as follow:

Age group. Castleford. Normanton. Pontefract.
Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total.
14 and under 16 years. 41 31 72 20 30 50 29 44 73
16 and under 18 years. 24 27 51 7 7 14 22 28 50
Total, 14 and under 18 years. 65 58 123 27 37 64 51 72 123