HC Deb 11 June 1940 vol 361 c1153W
Mr. W. Joseph Stewart

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour the number of persons unemployed in the administrative county of Durham, and the county boroughs of Sunderland and South Shields?

Mr. Assheton

The numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges situated in the administrative county of Durham and in the county boroughs of Sunderland and South Shields at 20th May, 1940, were as follow:

Durham Administrative County 26,681
Sunderland County Borough 8,749
South Shields County Borough 5,629

Mr. Stewart

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour the number of miners now unemployed in the county of Durham?

Mr. Assheton

On 20th May, 1940, there were 5,717 insured men, aged 18–64, classified as belonging to the coalmining industry, recorded as unemployed at Employment Exchanges in the county of Durham.