HC Deb 25 February 1948 vol 447 c1941
32. Mr. Douglas Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many coloured men are unemployed in Jamaica, Trinidad, Windward Islands and Leeward Islands, respectively.

Mr. Rees-Williams

In these Colonies there is more under-employment than total unemployment. Accurate figures for the latter are not available but the latest estimates are: Jamaica, 50,000; Leeward Islands, 10,000; Windward Islands, 2,000; Trinidad, 1,100. The Jamaican estimate includes under-employed. No separate statistics are kept of coloured unemployed.