§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons have made applications under the job release scheme in (a)Great 182W Britain, (b)the Northern Region and (c)Mid-Northumberland local employment areas, respectively, at the latest date for which figures are available; and how many of these were from the unemployment registers.
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§ Mr. GoldingThe number of applications received by 25th February was 10,065; this includes a small number of reapplications. A breakdown of applications received is not available, but a breakdown of application approved on 23rd February was as follows:
Applications approved Number included in (1) from the unemployed register (1) (2) Great Britain 7,471 5,409 Northern Region 889 664 Mid-Northumberland* 60 54 * Morpeth, Bedlington, Ashington, Blyth and Amble local offices.