§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures showing the number of dock workers unemployed at each of the docks in Britain at the latest convenient stated date; and what percentage these represent of those normally employed at each of the docks.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe following figures show for the week ending 10th November, 1956, the average daily surplus labour and the percentage which this represents of the workers' register:
Port or Group Average daily surplus labour Average daily surplus labour as a percentage of workers' register Tyne and Wear 403 21.3 Middlesbrough and Hartlepools 277 18.8 Hull and Goole 734 15.4 Grimsby and Immingham 343 16.6 Wash Ports 16 3.8 East Anglia 49 28.7 London 3,160 10.3 Medway and Swale 2 0.6 South Coast 530 23.3 Plymouth 58 33.5 Cornwall 63 27.3 Bristol and Severn 273 12.1 South Wales 952 31.6 Liverpool 814 5.0 Garston 148 17.2 Manchester 363 12.3 Preston 10 2.2 Fleetwood 48 13.6 Barrow 6 6.7 Cumberland 31 200 Ayrshire 35 151 Greenock 74 211 Glasgow 164 5.3 Aberdeen 143 23.6 East Scotland 132 6.3 TOTALS 8,828 11.4