§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men in the North-East aged between 50 and 60 years and between 60 and 64 years are registered as unemployed.
§ Mr. GoldingAt 8th July the figures were 9,324 for those aged 50 to 59 and 8,943 for those aged 60 to 64. The figures are for the Northern Region excluding Cumbria.
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many persons under 18 years of age are registered as unemployed in the North-East, at the latest available date;
(2) how many school leavers at the last school leaving date in the North-East are registered as unemployed.
§ Mr. GoldingStatistics analysing the unemployed by age groups are collected half-yearly in January and July but I regret that the figures for July 1976 are not yet available. On 8th July the total number of persons registered with the careers service in the North-East was 23,702; this would include the bulk of the under 18s unemployed. On the same 491W date the number of unemployed school leavers under 18 years of age was 18,974. The statistics do not define the date of leaving school.