§ Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number of boys and girls under 18 years of age registered as unemployed at the Gateshead Youth Employment Office at November for the years 1961, 1962 and 1963,the number of school leavers at November, 1963, without a first job, and the estimated number of summer school leavers at November 1963, without a first job, and the estimated number of summer school leavers who have taken up full-time further educational courses and are not included in the numbers of registered unemployed for November, 1963.
§ Mr. GodberThe numbers of boys and girls under 18 years of age registered as unemployed at the Gateshead18W Youth Employment Office at mid-November in the years 1961, 1962 and 1963 were 62,169 and 240 respectively. The November, 1963,total included 63 school leavers registered for first employment. It is estimated by the Youth Employment Service that about 150 summer school leavers have taken up full-time further educational courses; they are not included in the number of registered unemployed for November, 1963.