§ Mr. Armstrongasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of men unemployed at the latest count at the employment exchange areas of Crook, Stanley, Consett and Durham, with percentages of male unemployment in each case and the numbers at each exchange who are 55 years of age or over.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 8th March, 1971, the numbers of males registered as unemployed in the Crook, Stanley, Consett and Durham Employment Exchange areas were 612, 965, 569 and 1,019 respectively. The rates of male unemployment for the Consett, Lanchester and Stanley travel-to-work area and for the Durham employment exchange area were 7.4 and 6.5 per cent. respectively. For the Bishop Auckland travel-to-work area,
256WDuring the past 12 months, 10 out of the total complement of 30 staff at Wythenshawe have resigned.
Whilst I am far from satisfied with the present sanitary arrangements, for staff and public, at this office, I am confident that the facilities to be provided in the temporary and new premises will fully relieve present inadequacies.