§ Mr. T. Smithasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the number of vacancies notified by employers during 1938 at the Normanton, Castleford and Pontefract Employment Exchanges; the number of vacancies filled; and how many of the persons engaged were more than 45 years of age?
§ Mr. E. Brown,pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 2nd March, 1939; col. 1457, Vol. 344), supplied the following statement:
The following table shows the numbers of vacancies notified by employers to the Normanton, Castleford and Pontefract Employment Exchanges, and the numbers of vacancies filled by those exchanges during the 52 weeks ended 19th December, 1938:
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Employment Exchange. Vacancies Notified. Vacancies Filled. Normanton … 633 623 Castleford … 1,429 1,333 Pontefract … 1,132 1,045 Separate statistics are not available as to the numbers of persons aged 45 years and over who were placed in employment.