HC Deb 25 March 1971 vol 814 cc174-5W
61. Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of boys and girls registered as unemployed at the Wombwell and Mexborough employment exchange areas, who do not qualify for benefits because they have not been employed for the requisite number of weeks.

Mr. Dudley Smith

On 11th March there were 18 young persons registered at the Wombwell careers office and 36 at the Mexborough careers office who were not entitled to unemployment benefit because they had paid insufficient Class 1 national insurance contributions.

67. Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of men and women registered at the Mexborough and District employment exchange whom he estimates will be declared redundant when the Kaldo steel plant at Park Gate works, Rotherham, closes down.

Mr. Dudley Smith

No such estimate can be made.