§ Mr. Urwinasked the Minister of Labour how many apprenticeships have been allocated to school leavers from the Houghton-le-Spring constituency in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. MarshLocal statistics are not available before July, 1961. Since that date the figures for Houghton-le-Spring and North-East Sunderland Youth Employment Offices, which cover a rather wider area than the constituency are as follows:
Number of School Leavers entering Apprenticeships Boys Girls July-December, 1961 257 31 1962 304 18 1963 261 36 1964 359 27