73. Mr. Leeasked the Minister of Labour what were the figures of unemployed and vacancies in the North Western Region at the latest convenient date; and what were those for the comparable period of 1957.
§ Mr. WoodThere were 60,692 people wholly unemployed and 18,043 temporarily stopped on the registers of employment exchanges in the North Western Region at 12th May, 1958. These compare with 47,398 and 2,158, respectively, at 13th May, 1957. The number of vacancies notified to employment exchanges in the Region and remaining unfilled on 7th May, 1958, was 24,665, compared with 35,678 at 8th May, 1957.