§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many coal miners are presently unemployed in the Easington constituency; and what is the number aged 55 years and over.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 9th October, 671 males who last worked in coalmining 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 quarterly return in September of colliery workers unemployed through the contraction of the coalmining industry showed that 502 such workers, including 431 aged 55 and over, were unemployed in this area.