HC Deb 05 March 1958 vol 583 cc136-7W
44. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Minister of Labour what was the number of unemployed in the Bridport area on 31st January in each of the last three years; and what were the main categories of those unemployed.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The following are the numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of Bridport Employment Exchange:

Mr. Iain Macleod

A detailed analysis according to duration of unemployment is only obtained quarterly. At 9th December, 1957, there were 56 persons on the registers of Barry Employment Exchange and Youth Employment Office who had been unemployed from three to six months and 61 for more than six months. The number of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at 12th February, 1958, was 129.