§ Mr. Pentlandasked the Minister of Labour what is the number of persons of each sex and in each trade now un-
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM AT 11TH FEBRUARY, 1957 AND 17TH FEBRUARY, 1958 Industry 11th February, 1957 17th February, 1958 Males Females Males Females Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Agriculture and Horticulture 130 1 26 7 145 1 19 7 Coal Mining 239 — 7 — 266 — 5 — Glass (other than containers) 55 2 38 — 142 — 31 — Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing 670 394 17 7 1,095 96 19 — Non-electrical Engineering 394 19 81 — 448 1 59 — Tailoring 38 5 205 40 26 — 188 5 Bread and Flour Confectionery 87 1 92 — 81 1 65 1 Furniture and Upholstery 50 85 22 12 86 69 19 9 Building and Civil Engineering Contracting 1,886 14 5 — 2,306 117 6 — Railways 130 — 11 — 143 2 10 — Sea Transport 533 2 — — 662 — 1 — Port Transport, etc. 242 2 — — 230 3 — — Distributive Trades 400 3 608 21 587 7 631 15 National Government Service 116 — 52 — 148 — 39 — Local Government Service 619 8 82 5 599 9 63 1 Professional Services 156 2 209 1 217 1 175 — Catering, Hotels, etc. 143 1 441 14 127 — 411 7 Other Industries and Services 2,710 59 1,717 61 2,688 63 1,580 36 Total, all industries and Services 8,598 598 3,613 168 9,996 370 3,321 81 Statistics of the total numbers working short-time are not available for local areas. The figures under the heading "temporarily stopped" in the Table represent the numbers working short-time or otherwise temporarily suspended from work who were not at work on the Monday to which the figures relate and were registered at Employment Exchanges. The number at work on the Monday but stood off on some other day or days in the same week is not known.