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Mr. George Grant
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons have made applications under the job release scheme in (a)Great 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.
Mr. Golding
The 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. | ||