§ 18. Mrs. Castleasked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the increasing difficulty now being experienced by disabled men in obtaining employment, he will empower Remploy factories to engage additional workers from Section One of the Disabled Register.
§ Mr. WoodNo. Remploy was set up under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944, to provide work for
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF THE GATESHEAD EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND THE NUMBER OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED AT THOSE OFFICES Numbers registered as unemployed Notified vacancies remaining unfilled Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Total February, 1951 … … … 1,774 31 1,805 705 February, 1952 … … … 1,830 65 1,895 411 February, 1953 … … … 1,871 39 1,910 523 February, 1954 … … … 1,626 79 1,705 550 February, 1955 … … … 1,291 28 1,319 723 February, 1956 … … … 976 78 1,054 835 February, 1957 … … … 1,082 33 1,115 611 February, 1958 … … … 1,185 18 1,203 514 February, 1959 … … … 1,886 92 1,978 267
§ 49. Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Labour if he will state, for the most convenient date in January, the number of wholly unemployed persons in the borough of Gateshead in respect of duration of unemployment.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodAt 12th January, 1959, the total number of wholly unemployed persons on the registers of the Gateshead Employment Exchange and Youth Employment Office was 1,911, of whom 368 had been on the registers for two weeks or less, 450 from two to eight weeks and 1,093 for more than eight weeks.
§ 50. Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the percentage of unemployment in the borough of Gateshead at the most convenient dates in the previous months of October, November, December and January.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodIt is not possible to compute a percentage rate of unem
156Wthose who are so severely disabled as to need employment under sheltered conditions.