HC Deb 11 February 1959 vol 599 cc202-3W
76. Mr. G. Jeger

asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed men, women and juveniles registered in Goole at the latest available date; and the figures for comparable periods in 1958 and 1951.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The table below gives the information desired.

Sunderland have left school but have since not been able to find employment.

Mr. Wood

Sixty-one boys and 4 girls who left school at Christmas, 1958, have not yet been placed in employment.

Mr. Hamilton

asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the increasing difficulties of juveniles in securing employment, he will initiate the convening of regional conferences of interested parties to discuss the problem.

Mr. Wood

No. The measures announced by the Government to stimulate a rise in the level of industrial activity offer the best prospects of meeting the situation.