HC Deb 20 November 1945 vol 416 cc388-9W
Sir G. Fox

asked the Minister of Labour the number of civil servants employed on compiling the unemployment figures of 15th October and the cause of the delay in publishing them; what steps he proposes to take to expedite the publication of monthly statistics in the future; and what will be the anticipated delay before publication.

Mr. Isaacs

The compilation of the returns relating to unemployment occupy part of the time of a large number of civil servants in the regional and local offices of the Ministry and in headquarter departments. It would involve considerable cost to make an estimate of the total staff time involved. The time taken is in the preparation of statistics for eight

Insured persons registered as unemployed in Great Britain.
Date. Men 18–64. Boys 14–17. Women 18–59. Girls 14–17. Total.
Wholly unemployed (including casuals) Unemployed for not more than 2 weeks Unemployed for more than 2 weeks 16th July 17,727 3,793 12,268 2,989 36,777
15th Oct. 31,502 4,710 26,304 4,700 67,207
16th July 45,359 1,201 18,092 1,036 65,688
15th Oct. 92,183 3,029 67.158 2,952. 165,322
Temporarily stopped 16th July 388 1 491 18 898
15th Oct. 413 4 367 13 797
Total 16th July 63,474 4,995 30,851 4,043 103,363
15th Oct. 124,098 7,734 93,829 7,665 233,326

In addition, there were on the Register at 15th October, 12,484 uninsured persons including 5,458 boys and girls under 16 who had not yet entered industry as compared with a total of 10,438 at 16th July, including 9,153 such boys and girls.