§ 7. Mr. Rankinasked the Minister of Labour the numbers of unemployed persons, male and female, registered in the Tradeston division of Glasgow; and what percentage these numbers are of the insurable population in the division.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe only figures available relate to the numbers of unemployed persons registered at particular employment exchanges, and the areas served by these offices do not coincide with Parliamentary divisions. At 15th October, 1945, the number of insured unemployed persons on the registers of the Glasgow South Side and Kinning Park exchanges were 1,607 males and 1,064 females, representing respectively 5 per cent. and 4 per cent, of the numbers of unemployment books exchanged at those offices.
§ 21. Mrs. Jean Mannasked the Minister of Labour the percentage which the number of men and women registered at Coat-bridge and Airdrie employment exchanges at the last convenient date represents of the insured population of this division.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe number of insured men and women aged 18 years and over registered as unemployed at Coatbridge and Airdrie employment exchanges at 15th October, 1945, represented II per cent. of latest figure for the number of unemployment books exchanged at these offices by insured men and women.