§ Mr. Urwinasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of men over 40 years of age who are without employment within Houghton-le-Spring; how many have been unemployed for more than three months; and how many for more than 12 months.
§ Mr. Marsh311 on 11th January, 1965, of whom 247 had been unemployed for more than three months, and 159 for more than twelve months.
§ Mr. Urwinasked the Minister of Labour how many boys and girls in the Houghton-le-Spring constituency are registered as unemployed; and how many of these have had no previous employment.
§ Mr. MarshFigures for the constituency are not available but in the areas 17W of the Houghton-le-Spring and Sunderland (North East) Youth Employment Offices 71 boys and 39 girls were registered as unemployed on 8th March, 1965. These included 14 boys and 1 girl registered for first employment.