§ Mr. Bryant Godman Irvineasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many males and females were registered as unemployed at the Bexhill, Hailsham and Rye employment exchanges on 16th January 1974; and how many of these were over 55 years of age, under 18 years of age and school leavers, respectively.
§ Mr. ScottStatistics of unemployed men and women aged 55 and over are normally compiled for January and July each year. Because of the emergency situation, however, it will not now be 183W possible to publish the figures for January 1974. Figures for July 1973 were given in reply to my hon. Friend's Question of 18th July 1973.—[Vol. 860, c. 229–30]. The January figures for the remainder of the information requested should be available within a few days. The figures for 10th December 1973—the most recent available—were as follows:
Men, aged 18 and over Women, aged 18 and over Bexhill 262 18 Hailsham 120 8 Rye 71 14 In addition, there were four girls and one boy aged under 18 registered at the Bexhill careers office, which also covers Rye, Hailsham and Battle. There were no school leavers unemployed.