HC Deb 20 February 1959 vol 600 cc99-100W
Mr. W. Wells

asked the Minister of Labour how many unemployed were registered in January at the Walsall Employment Exchange; what percentage of the working population this

NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTER OF WALSALL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES
Date Males Females Total Percentage rate of unemployment
10th January, 1949 … … … 404 127 531 1.0
13th January, 1958 … … … 611 231 842 1.5
12th January, 1959 … … … 1,418 355 1,773 3.1

Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the proportion that are available for other commitments.

Mr. Sandys

No British forces are committed to N.A.T.O. exclusively in the sense that they can in no circumstances be withdrawn to meet other commitments.

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