§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will now give a firm date on which his review of training will be punished.
§ Mr. BryanI am not yet in position to give a firm date, but I hope that it will be before the end of the year.
NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT 11TH OCTOBER, 1971, IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM AND IN THE EASINGTON CONSTITUENCY* School-leavers included in previous columns Men Women Boys Girls Boys Girls County Durham Total registered … … … 33,199 5,107 2,905 1,847 1,295 607 Wholly unemployed … … 32,461 4,917 2,903 1,829 1,295 607 of whom— registered for more than 52 weeks 9,182 536 39 17 — — Easington constituency Total registered … … … 1,613 189 229 120 124 52 Wholly unemployed … … 1,576 166 229 114 124 52 of whom— registered for more than 52 weeks 558 16 7 2 — — The statistics do not indicate the length of time for which unemployed school-leavers have been on the registers. *The Easington constituency has been taken as the area covered by the Peterlee and Wingate Employment Exchanges for men and women and the somewhat larger Easington Careers Office area for boys and girls.