HC Deb 18 December 1952 vol 509 cc1604-5
11. Mr. Murray

asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed men, women, boys and girls in the North-East Development Area in the years 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951.

Sir W. Monckton

As the reply includes a table of figures I will, if I may, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Murray

Since the right hon. and learned Gentleman is in possession of those figures, would he be kind enough to give us an idea of the unemployment in the North-East area? Can he say whether it is increasing or decreasing?

Sir W. Monckton

I hope the hon. Gentleman will excuse me from doing more than saying that if he looks at these figures he will find that from 1948 the figure has varied from 28,000, up to 31,000, back to 24,000, and is now 26,500.

NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN THE NORTH EASTERN DEVELOPMENT AREA AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES
Date Men aged 18 and over Boys under 18 Women aged 18 and over Girls under 18 Total
15th November, 1948 … … 20,857 315 6,869 386 28,427
14th November, 1949 … … 23,083 486 7,134 561 31,264
13th November, 1950 … … 19,537 472 8,302 549 28,860
12th November, 1951 … … 14,077 441 9,170 797 24,485
10th November, 1952 … … 14,922 405 10,467 768 26,562