HC Deb 18 April 1957 vol 568 cc2074-5
8. Mr. Gresham Cooke

asked the Minister of Labour if he will give, industry by industry, the total number of persons unemployed in Coventry at the latest available date as compared with the beginning of the year.

Mr. Iain Macleod

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

Mr. Gresham Cooke

Will my right hon. Friend indicate whether the employment position has substantially improved in Coventry in the last few months?

Mr. Macleod

That is one of the complications. As far as figures are concerned, there has been a complete deterioration, but that, as I explain in a sub-note to the table, is purely because there has been a change in the guaranteed week agreement. I am afraid that my hon. Friend will have to study the Answer in detail in HANSARD.

Following is the table:

Numbers of persons registered as unemployed at Coventry Employment Exchange and Youth Employment Office at 14th January, and 11th March, 1957.
Industry 14th January, 1957 11th March, 1957
Males Females Total Males Females Total
Non-Electrical Engineering 137 37 174 133 49 182
Telegraph and Telephone Apparatus 31 35 66 8 41 49
Wireless Apparatus (except valves) and Gramophones 14 29 43 37 81 118
Manufacture of Motor Vehicles and Cycles 1,130 72 1,202 3,511 168 3,679
Manufacture and Repair of Aircraft 58 10 68 135 20 155
Manufacture of Parts and Accessories for Motor Vehicles and Aircraft 89 35 124 97 92 189
Metal Goods Manufacture 54 20 74 94 20 114
Building and Civil Engineering Contracting 263 4 267 177 3 180
Postal, Telegraph and Wireless Communication 14 18 32 30 14 44
Distributive Trades 78 104 182 74 91 165
Professional Services 7 23 30 7 41 48
Catering, Hostels, etc. 25 105 130 18 142 160
All other Industries and Services 406 268 674 512 344 856
Total, all Industries and Services 2,306 760 3,066 4,833 1,106 5,939
The total of those unemployed on 11th March included 2,994 temporarily stopped, compared with 133 on 14th January. This increase was due to a recent change in the guaranteed week provisions of the agreement between the two sides of the engineering industry.