§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men over 55 years of age are at present registered as unemployed in the Blaydon area; and for what period they have been unemployed.
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§ Mr. GoldingAt 14th July, the latest date for which the half-yearly age analysis is available, 210 men aged 55 years and over were registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Blaydon employment office. The following table shows the length of time for which they had been registered:
Duration of unemployment in weeks and Numbers unemployed Two or less … 3 Over 2 and up to 4 … 3 Over 4 and up to 8 … 13 Over 8 and up to 13 … 10 Over 13 and up to 26 … 34 Over 26 and up to 52 … 29 Over 52 … 118
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons, male and female, respectively, in the Blaydon area are registered for employment and are still unemployed.
§ Mr. GoldingAt 14th July, the latest date for which the half-yearly age analysis available, 362 males and 355 females under 20 years of age were registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Blaydon employment office.
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons in the Blaydon employment exchange area have been unable to be accepted for retraining at Government training centres during the past two years; and what percentage of them is disabled.
§ Mr. John GrantI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that during the period 1st April 1975 to 31st March 1977, 29 people from Blaydon employment office area were not accepted for training at skillcentres—formerly Government training centres. Three of these were disabled.