§ Mr. Urwinasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many coal miners were unemployed in each coalfield at the last count.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the numbers of unemployed males, in each standard region, who last worked in coalmining. Separate figures are not available for each coalfield.
Unemployed males in Coal Mining: October 1975 Region Number South-East 97 East Anglia 4 South-West 180 West Midlands 1,246 East Midlands 2,157 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,273 North-West 691 North 4,246 Wales 1,513 Scotland 2,208
REGIONAL ANALYSIS OFAPPLICATIONS FOR TES AND RSSL AS AT FRIDAY31ST OCTOBER 1975 Region Applications received Applications rejected Amount paid TES RSSL TES RSSL* TES RSSL† £ £ English Region— Northern 4 330 — — 14,320 42,900 Yorkshire and Humberside 9 449 — — 25,840 58,370 South East 2 520 — — — 67,600 South West 4 193 — — 29,560 25,090 Midlands 10 564 1 — 4,200 73,320 North West 22 641 1 — 43,820 83,330 Scotland 17 191 1 — 17,360 24,830 Wales 0 248 — — — 32,240 Total Great Britain 71 3,136 3 — 135,100 407,680 * The number of applications rejected is not yet known. † No payment has yet been made. However, on applications received to date £407,680 has been committed on the assumption that each case will require a six-month subsidy.