§ Mr. Langford-Holtasked the Minister of Labour the numbers of unemployed in Shrewsbury to the latest convenient date; and what proportion of this number is unemployed in the full sense and 92W what proportion represents persons changing employment.
§ Mr. Watkinson186 at 14th June. It is not possible to classify these into the two categories mentioned in the Question, but 79 of the total had been continuously on the registers for not more than four weeks.
§ Mr. Langford-Holtasked the Minister of Labour what categories of persons are registered as unemployed in Shrewsbury.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe following table gives an analysis of the numbers unemployed at 14th June, according, to the industry in which they were last employed:
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF THE SHREWSBURY EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AT 14TH JUNE, 1954. Industry Males Females Total Distributive trades 21 12 33 Building and civil engineering contracting 15 — 15 National Government service 10 3 13 Local Government service 12 — 12 Catering, hotels, etc. 4 8 12 Agriculture, horticulture, etc. 7 1 8 Metal goods manufacture 6 1 7 All other industries and services 52 34 86 Total, all industries and services 127 59 186
§ Mr. Langford-Holtasked the Minister of Labour the average number of unemployed registered in Shrewsbury for each year since the war.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe average numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of the Shrewsbury employment exchange were as follows:
1945 (July—December) 59 1946 102 1947 197* 1948 141 1949 174 1950 207 1951 167 1952 179 1953 208 1954 (January—June) 224 * The figures for February and March, 1947, were abnormally high owing to the fuel and power crisis. If the figures of those two months were omitted the average for the year would be 127.