§ Mr. Higgsasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed and the number of vacancies notified at the employment exchanges at
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NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND NUMBERS OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED AT THE BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES Date Bromsgrove Employment Exchange Redditch Employment Exchange Males Females Total Males Females Total Numbers registered as unemployed 12th March, 1951 … 9 1 10 10 — 10 17th March, 1952 … 13 34 47 24 27 51 16th March, 1953 … 704 108 812 243 65 308 15th March, 1954 … 15 1 16 46 25 71 14th March, 1955 … 21 3 24 37 9 46 Notified Vacancies remaining unfilled 14th March, 1951 … 235 30 265 444 235 679 12th March, 1952 … 257 64 321 335 385 720 11th March, 1953 … 91 40 131 172 106 278 10th March, 1954 … 160 59 219 213 222 435 9th March, 1955 … 191 48 239 308 308 616 per week; and his estimate of the number who were receiving less than the national average.
§ Mr. Watkinson:I regret that the information is not available.