§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the size of the maximum fines which can be made under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act; and how these have been raised since 1944.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe maximum penalties which may be imposed under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 have remained unchanged since the inception of the Act and are as follows:
§ Mr. Jim LesterAt 10 January the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the West Yorkshire metropolitan county was 51,885. At 4 January, there were 5,477 vacancies remaining unfilled at employment offices and 494 at careers offices. Vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication the vacancy figures at employment offices, and careers offices should not be added together.