HC Deb 29 January 1963 vol 670 cc174-5W
Mr. Wall

asked the Minister of Defence how many service officers have qualified at the Joint Services Staff College and the Imperial Defence College during the past five years; and how these figures compare with the number of officers who qualified at each of the three Service Staff Colleges.

Mr. Thorneycroft

The number of United Kingdom Service officers who qualified during the past five years at the three Service Staff Colleges, the Imperial Defence College, and the Joint Services Staff College are as shown below:

male and female, respectively, registering at Lanarkshire employment exchanges at the latest convenient date; and what percentage these figures represent of the insurable population.

Mr. Hare

The figures for January are given in the following table:

UNEMPLOYMENT AT 14TH JANUARY, 1963
Employment Exchange Number Unemployed Percentage of insured employees
Men Women Boys Girls
Airdrie 1,137 464 148 76 9.7
Bellshill 655 218 55 25
Blantyre 628 148 43 19
Cambusland 575 127 42 17
Carluke 146 47 13 12
Coatbridge 1,612 653 156 68
East Kilbride 273 76 22 7
Hamilton 1,593 478 103 55
Larkhall 414 97 24 12
Motherwell 1,259 450 134 55
Uddingston 465 200 51 17
Wishaw 1,206 425 97 47
Lanark 339 134 23 16 5.3
Lesmahagow 294 37 25 11 11.5
Shotts 470 176 35 30 10.9

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