§ 69. Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the number of persons unemployed and on short time in Rochdale, for a stated date, in each of the months from October, 1951, to October, 1957.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodOwing to the period over which the statistics are requested, figures for quarterly dates only have been given in the following table:
NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT ROCHDALE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AT THE UNDER-MENTIONED DATES — Wholly unemployed *Temporarily stopped Total register 15th October, 1951 160 79 239 14th January, 1952 157 102 259 21st April, 1952 462 10,451 10,923 14th July, 1952 602 3,990 4,592 13th October, 1952 571 1,848 2,419 12th January, 1953 662 1,420 2,082 13th April, 1953 399 428 827 13th July, 1953 322 84 406 12th October, 1953 346 38 384 11th January, 1954 285 32 317 12th April, 1954 242 32 274 12th July, 1954 203 318 521 11th October, 1954 194 25 219 10th January, 1955 189 94 283 18th April, 1955 207 792 999 11th July, 1955 223 1,179 1,402 10th October, 1955 240 704 944 16th January, 1956 296 211 507 16th April, 1956 228 120 348 16th July, 1956 249 212 461 15th October, 1956 248 97 345 14th January, 1957 287 52 339 15th April, 1957 268 98 366 15th July, 1957 270 20 290 14th October, 1957 247 48 295 * Complete statistics of the numbers working short-time are not available. The figures headed "temporarily stopped" represent the numbers working short-time or otherwise temporarily suspended from employment who were not at work on the dates in question and were registered at the Employment Exchange.