54. Mr. W. Joseph Stewartasked the Minister of Labour the number of men in age groups between the ages of 18 and 64, skilled and unskilled, and the trades to which they belong, who are unemployed in the county boroughs of Sunderland and South Shields?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour (Mr. Lennox-Boyd)As the reply includes a number of figures, I will, if I may, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply
§ The tables below show the numbers of insured men, aged 18–64, in the principal industry classifications recorded as unemployed at Employment Exchanges in Sunderland and South Shields at 14th March, 1938. Separate statistics of the numbers of skilled and unskilled men are not available.
§ The figures exclude a small number of men insured under the agricultural scheme of unemployment insurance.
| EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN SUNDERLAND. | |
| Industry and number of insured men aged 18–64 recorded as unemployed at 14th March, 1938. | |
| Shipbuilding and ship-repairing | 2,339 |
| Coal mining | 1,649 |
|
Public works contracting |
1,375 |
| Building | 1,012 |
| Distributive trades | 913 |
| Local Government Service | 642 |
| Shipping Service | 575 |
| Dock, Harbour, etc, Service | 469 |
| Marine Engineering | 402 |
| General Engineering, etc. | 319 |
| All other insured industries and services | 3,144 |
| Total, all insured industries and services | 12.840 |