HC Deb 17 July 1970 vol 803 cc289-90W
Mr. Dormand

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if he will state the number of mineworkers presently unemployed in the Easington constituency and the number of those aged 55 years and over.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 8th June, 1970, 531 persons who last worked in coal mining were registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Peterlee and Wingate employment exchanges, which approximates broadly to the Easington constituency. There is no age analysis of this figure but a special return for 8th June, 1970, confined to workers affected by colliery closures included 402 men aged 55 and over who were registered as unemployed in this area.