§ 105. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Labour how many people in Aberdeen City and County, respectively, have at this period of each of the last 10 years been unemployed in each trade, indicating their ages and sexes.
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN ABERDEEN AND IN THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES 10th January, 1949 — Aberdeen Aberdeen County excluding Aberdeen Men aged 18 and over Boys under 18 Women aged 18 and over Girls under 18 Total Men aged 18 and over Boys under 18 Women aged 18 and over Girls under 18 Total Agriculture and Horticulture 71 1 2 — 74 104 5 6 3 118 Fishing 634 10 — — 644 1,089 28 — — 1,117 Non-Metalliferous Mining Products 31 1 1 — 33 1 — — — 1 Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing 107 1 1 — 109 9 — — — 9 Food Industries 122 5 45 4 176 135 15 158 16 324 Timber 39 — 2 — 41 32 — — — 32 Building and Civil Engineering Contracting 231 2 — — 233 103 3 — — 106 Sea Transport 61 3 — — 64 17 — — — 17 Distributive Trades 221 12 78 8 319 78 4 9 1 92 Local Government Service 95 — 4 — 99 13 — — — 13 Catering, Hotels, etc. 75 1 45 — 121 9 — 17 1 27 Other Industries and Services 951 40 156 23 1,170 230 4 36 1 271 All Industries and Services 2,638 76 334 35 3,083 1,820 59 226 22 2,127 12th January, 1959 Agriculture and Horticulture 207 12 9 — 228 292 27 17 1 337 Fishing 218 2 — — 220 931 45 — — 976 Non-Metalliferous Mining Products 105 3 2 — 110 4 — — — 4 Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing 111 2 2 — 115 25 — 1 — 26 Food Industries 151 6 131 5 293 120 10 191 16 337 Timber 114 9 6 — 129 77 3 — — 80 Building and Civil Engineering Contracting 1,081 4 2 — 1,087 552 11 1 — 564 Sea Transport 125 11 — — 136 20 1 — — 21 Distributive Trades 342 22 245 15 624 58 16 79 13 166 Local Government Service 155 1 15 1 172 16 — 1 — 17 Catering, Hotels, etc. 113 1 126 1 241 16 — 38 11 65 Other Industries and Services 1,091 32 421 40 1,584 249 18 199 22 488 All Industries and Services 3,813 105 959 62 4,939 2,360 131 527 63 3,081
§ 106. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Labour how many disabled men and women, respectively, are unemployed in the city and county of Aberdeen; what is the nature of the trades,
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§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe figures are given below. In view of the amount of work involved in extracting the figures, I have given figures for January, 1949, and January, 1959, only. The table gives the figures for the beginning and end of the period referred to.
and of their respective disabilities; how long each has been unemployed; and what steps he is taking to find employment for them.
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§ Mr. Wood685 men and 81 women registered as disabled were unemployed in the city and county of Aberdeen on 15th December, 1958. Detailed information about their trades and disabilities is not readily available, but the majority are unskilled workers. On 8th December, 1958, 273 registered disabled persons had been unemployed for three months or less; 261 between three months and one year, and 211 for more than a year. My Disablement Resettlement Officers are doing their best to find suitable work for them, but the local employment situation is difficult.