§ 12. Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Minister of Labour to what industries chiefly do the 1,194 unemployed persons categoried as belonging to all other industries and services, out of a total of 3,473 unemployed in the Greenock area on 12th February, 1940, belong; how are they distributed among these industries; and what percentage unemployed do they represent in each case?
| Employment Exchange. | Men. | Women. | ||||
| 13th February, 1939. | 12th February, 1940. | 13th February, 1939. | 12th February, 1940. | |||
| Dewsbury: | ||||||
| Wholly unemployed | … | 1,538 | 627 | 512 | 192 | |
| Temporarily stopped | … | 884 | 352 | 565 | 188 | |
| Total | … | … | 2,422 | 979 | 1,077 | 380 |
| Batley: | ||||||
| Wholly unemployed | … | 1,132 | 411 | 301 | 60 | |
| Temporarily stopped | … | 808 | 469 | 474 | 149 | |
| Total | … | … | 1,940 | 880 | 775 | 209 |
§ Mr. E. BrownI am having these figures extracted and will forward them to the hon. and learned Member as soon as possible.