§ Mr. Harry Howarthasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what objections he has received to the proposals of the Northamptonshire County Council Education Committee to cease to maintain the voluntary-controlled infants school, Winstanley Road, Wellingborough; what consideration he has given to the objections; and when he will give a decision in this matter.
§ Mr. Edward ShortObjections have been received from the managers of the school, from parents and from certain local bodies. I need some time to con
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT* AND THE NUMBERS OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA (I.E. THAT COVERED BY THE BIRMINGHAM, ASTON, HANDSWORTH, SELLY OAK, SMALL HEATH AND WASHWOOD HEATH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES), AND IN THE AREAS COVERED BY COVENTRY, NUNEATON AND TAMWORTH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES, AT MARCH, 1968 Total registered unemployed Temporarily stopped included in total Percentage rate Unfilled vacancies Birmingham … … 18,020 3,140 2.6 8,930 Coventry … … … 6,410 1,020 3.1 1,280 Nuneaton … … … 1,190 190 3.8 140 Tamworth … … … 376 48 2.4 230 * The total numbers registered as unemployed, including those temporarily stopped, have been expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers of employees, employed and unemployed, at mid-1966.