§ Mr. Symondsasked the Minister of Labour what is the number of boys and girls who left school in August, 1962, and August, 1963, who have not yet found work.
§ Mr. GodberOn 11th November, out of 550 summer 1963 school leavers known to the Youth Employment Service in Whitehaven and Cleator Moor 33 were registered for first employment. None of the summer 1962 leavers was registered.
§ Mr. Symondsasked the Minister of Labour what is his intention for providing employment for boys and girls registered at the employment exchange for Whitehaven and Cleator Moor.
§ Mr. GodberThe area is scheduled as a development district, and the Youth Employment Service will continue to do all it can to help the unemployed boys and girls find suitable jobs.
§ Mr. Symondsasked the Minister of Labour what were the numbers of boys and girls who left school in August, 1962, and August, 1963, who found employment of their own accord, and found employment outside the area, respectively.
§ Mr. GodberI presume that the question refers to the Whitehaven and Cleator Moor area. 550 boys and girls are known to the Youth Employment Service to have left school this summer compared with 432 last year. The other information asked for is not available, but between 1st June and 30th September, 1963,the Youth Employment Service placed 230 boys and girls (some of whom were school leavers) in employment,58 of them outside the area. In the same period last year 166 boys and girls were placed, 30 outside the area.