§ Mr. Owenasked the Minister of Labour how many males and females, respectively, were on the books of the employment exchanges at Morpeth and Ashington, Northumberland, at the end of 1961; and how many of each group had been unemployed for six months or more.
§ Mr. HareOn 11th December, 1961, 119 males and 31 females were registered as unemployed at Morpeth Employment Exchange and 221 males and 81 females at Ashington. Of these, 30 males and 4 females at Morpeth and 28 males and 8 females at Ashington had been registered for over six months.