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asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of males and females unemployed in the county of Durham; the numbers signing on at each exchange; and what assurance he can give of alternative employment in the near future.
As the reply to the first part of the Question involves a table of figures I will, if I may, circulate it with the OFFICIAL REPORT. County Durham forms part of the North-East Coast Development Area and, as my hon. Friend is aware, all practicable steps are being taken to improve the opportunities for employment in these areas.
Following is the table:
| NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT 12TH JUNE, 1950, AT EACH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM. | |||
| Employment Exchange | Males | Females | Total |
| Barnard Castle | 30 | 10 | 40 |
| Birtley | 184 | 113 | 297 |
*Bishop Auckland | 406 | 30 | 436 |
*Blaydon-on-Tyne | 272 | 132 | 404 |
*Chester-le-Street | 389 | 82 | 471 |
| Chopwell | 62 | 13 | 75 |
| Cockfield | 83 | 4 | 87 |
*Consett | 140 | 85 | 225 |
*Crook | 235 | 47 | 282 |
*Darlington | 226 | 181 | 407 |
| Dunston-on-Tyne | 151 | — | 151 |
*Durham | 430 | 31 | 461 |
| East Boldon | 57 | 43 | 100 |
| Felling-on-Tyne | 285 | 26 | 311 |
| Gainford | 5 | 3 | 8 |
*Gateshead | 1,505 | 401 | 1,906 |
| Hartlepool | 161 | 124 | 285 |
| Haswell | 47 | 27 | 74 |
| Haverton Hill | 21 | 123 | 144 |
*Horden | 142 | 145 | 287 |
*Houghton-le-Spring | 447 | 180 | 627 |
| Jarrow and Hebburn | 1,026 | 635 | 1,661 |
| Lanchester | 67 | 16 | 83 |
| Middleton-in-Teesdale | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Pallion | 718 | 317 | 1,035 |
| Seaham Harbour | 234 | 94 | 328 |
| Sedgefield | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Shildon | 87 | 39 | 126 |
| South Shields | 1,871 | 383 | 2,254 |
| Southwick-on-Weir | 221 | 83 | 304 |
*Spennymoor | 341 | 91 | 432 |
| Stanhope | 47 | 6 | 53 |
*Stanley | 377 | 129 | 506 |
*Stockton and Thornaby | 450 | 428 | 878 |
*Sunderland | 1,797 | 514 | 2,311 |
| Washington Station | 73 | 57 | 130 |
| West Hartlepool | 732 | 257 | 989 |
| Wingate | 224 | 92 | 316 |
| Wolsingham | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Total | 13,566 | 4,948 | 18,514 |
* Including Youth Employment Office. | |||
| Men | Women | |
| Number of unemployed, registered as fit for light labouring work | 4,244 | 10 |
| Number of registered disabled | 3,446 | 139 |