§ 57. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Labour to state the numbers of men and women, respectively, up to the latest convenient date, unemployed in the City and County of Aberdeen, separately, indicating their respective trades; and how these figures compare with the corresponding figures for similar periods during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodIn view of the large amount of work involved in extracting the figures I have given figures for January, 1954, and January, 1958, only.
The following table gives the figures for the beginning and end of the period referred to.
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NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN ABERDEEN AND IN THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES — Aberdeen 11th January, 1954 13th January, 1958 Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture and Horticulture 128 24 152 147 8 155 Fishing 287 1 288 192 — 192 Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing 56 1 57 77 1 78 Hosiery and other Knitted Goods 3 8 11 5 79 84 Food Industries 87 101 188 98 101 199 Timber 105 13 118 97 10 107 Wooden Containers and Baskets 34 3 37 77 12 89 Paper and Board 13 8 21 92 13 105 Building and Civil Engineering Contracting 364 1 365 519 4 523 Sea Transport 63 — 63 142 — 142 Distributive Trades 214 189 403 309 224 533 Local Government Service 94 15 109 116 15 131 Professional Service 36 65 101 34 48 82 Entertainment, Sport, etc. 75 6 81 75 11 86 Catering, Hotels, etc. 93 125 218 93 93 186 Other Industries and Services 699 316 1,015 778 319 1,097 All Industries and Services 2,351 876 3,227 2,851 938 3,789 — Aberdeen County excluding Aberdeen 11th January, 1954 13th January, 1958 Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture and Horticulture 145 42 187 233 9 242 Fishing 724 1 725 242 3 245 Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing 9 1 10 7 1 8 Hosiery and other Knitted Goods — 6 6 — 30 30 Food Industries 118 326 444 110 232 342 Timber 25 1 26 41 1 42 Wooden Containers and Baskets 1 — 1 1 — 1 Paper and Board 1 — 1 1 — 1 Building and Civil Engineering Contracting 168 2 170 283 1 284 Sea Transport 13 — 13 30 1 31 Distributive Trades 53 75 128 63 90 153 Local Government Service 14 3 17 13 2 15 Professional Services 7 16 23 4 24 28 Entertainment, Sport, etc. 3 1 4 5 2 7 Catering, Hotels, etc. 8 37 45 16 40 56 Other Industries and Services 272 154 426 288 163 451 All Industries and Services 1,561 665 2,226 1,337 599 1,936