§ Mr. Boydenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men from the Bishop Auckland constituency have been trained at the Darlington Training Centre and at the Brandon Training Centre, respectively; and what percentage of these men are now in the employment for which they were trained.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithTwenty-one at Darlington and five at Brandon. So far 21 (81 per cent.) have been placed in their training trades. I regret that the number still so employed is not available.
§ Mr. Boydenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost by plant and factory closures in the Bishop Auckland constituency during the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithInformation about the number of jobs lost by plant and factory closures is not available, but redundancies notified to my Department in the 12 months ending 31st May arising from closures in the Bishop Auckland constituency involved 18 people.