§ Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Labour what was the number of boys and girls under 18 years of age registered 297W as unemployed at the Gateshead Youth Employment Office at mid-December in the years 1961, 1962 and 1963; and what is the number of school-leavers registered for first employment at December, 1963, and the estimated number of summer school-leavers who have taken up full-time further educational courses and who are not included in the number of registered unemployed for December, 1963.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe numbers of boys and girls under 18 years of age registered as unemployed at the Gateshead Youth Employment Office at mid-December in the years 1961, 1962 and 1963 were 53, 143 and 194 respectively. The December, 1963 total included 45 school-leavers registered for first employment. About
NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED AT GATESHEAD AND FELLING Men Boys Women Girls 9th December, 1963 … 2,116 170 641 24 10th December, 1962 … 2,213 119 363 24 11th December, 1961 … 1,367 39 216 14 Percentage change between 1961 and 1963 … +55 +336 +197 +71 Percentage change between 1962 and 1963 … -4 +43 +77 Nil There were on 4th December, 194 unfilled vacancies notified to the Gateshead and Felling Employment Exchanges.