§ 18. Mr. W. Fosterasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number of disabled persons who have registered at the Wigan employment exchange under the Disabled Persons Employment Act, 1944; and the number who have been placed in suitable employment by his Department.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe number of registered disabled persons at the Wigan employment exchange on 17th March was 2,698; but about 2,000 of the registered disabled were in employment on that date. I regret that statistics of placings in employment are not separately recorded.
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§ 19. Mr. W. Fosterasked the Minister of Labour if he will arrange for vacancies on the staff at the Wigan employment exchange to be filled by suitable persons taken from the register of disabled persons under the Disabled Persons Employment Act, 1944.
§ Mr. IsaacsIn so far as vacancies occur for temporary staff at employment exchanges every consideration is given to disabled persons. Over the country as a whole 5.9 per cent. of the total staff of my Department are registered disabled persons.
TAT ISTICS are not available in the precise form asked for in the Questions, but the following Table shows, for each coalmining area, (a) the number of men and boys placed in employment in the coalmining industry during a recent period (23rd January to 19th March), (b) the number of vacancies in the coalmining industry notified to Employment Exchanges and remaining unfilled at 19th March, and (c) the number of insured men and boys in the coalmining industry registered as wholly employed at 10th March (excluding men who had been found to be medically unfit for work in the coalmining industry but not excluding men fit for surface work only). Area. Number of men and boys placed in employment in the coalmining industry— 23rd January-19th March. Number of vacancies in the coalmining industry notified to Employment Exchanges and remaining unfilled at 19th March.* Number of insured men and boys in the coalmining industry registered as wholly unemployed at 10th March.* Northumberland … 442 167 231 Durham … 1,248 298 587 Cumberland and Westmorland … 32 10 72 Yorkshire … 1,285 2,663 356 Lancashire and Cheshire … 979 616 258 Derbyshire … 666 579 22 Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire … 946 1,296 149 Warwickshire … 110 212 17 Staffs., Worcestershire and Salop … 709 2,072 120 Gloucestershire and Somersetshire … 35 216 12 Kent … 99 69 24 Rest of England … 6 2 40 Wales and Monmouthshire … 1,971 2,264 2,435 Scotland … 1,705 512 851 Great Britain … 10,233 10,976 5,174 * Nearest relative dates