HC Deb 11 December 1957 vol 579 cc133-4W
Mr. Gough

asked the Minister of Labour the number of insured employees in Crawley in 1951 and at the latest convenient date.

Mr. Iain Macleod

Five thousand four hundred in 1951 and 18,100 in 1956. Figures for 1957 are not yet available.

Mr. Gough

asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed persons in Crawley in October of each of the years 1951 to 1957, and at the latest available date; and what percentage these figures represented of the number of insured employees.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The table below gives the information. Percentages of insured employees cannot be given for 1957 as the figure of the insured population is not yet available.

NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT CRAWLEY EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE
Date Males Females Total As percentage of insured employees
October 1951 8 22 30 0.6
October, 1952 30 61 91 1.2
October, 1953 27 113 140 1.6
October, 1954 22 141 163 1.3
October, 1955 25 51 76 0.5
October, 1956 30 91 121 0.7
October, 1957 63 127 190
November, 1957 78 174 252

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