§ 35. Mr. Spriggsasked the Minister of Labour the total number of building trade workers resident in the County Borough of St. Helens, Lancashire; and what percentage of these signed the unemployed register during the period 1957–58, and up to the latest convenient date for which he has information.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodAt mid-1958, the latest date for which such figures are available, there were 2,516 insured employees in the building and civil engineering industries in the area covered by the St. Helens Employment Exchange which extends beyond the boundaries of the county borough. The percentage of these workers registering as unemployed was 1.8 in June, 1957, 4.7 in June, 1958, and 5.7 in July, 1959.
§ 36. Mr. Spriggsasked the Minister of Labour the number of boys and girls signing the unemployed register in the County Borough of St. Helens up to the latest convenient date; and how many boys and girls signing the register have not had a job since leaving school.
§ Mr. WoodOn 13th July, 27 boys and 30 girls. Three boys and one girl have not yet had employment since leaving school. All three boys are disabled and the girl has until recently been at home and not seeking employment.
§ 37. Mr. Spriggsasked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed workers in St. Helens, Lancashire; how many of them are men; and what action he is taking to provide work for men and women of St. Helens.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodOne thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, including 868 men, on 13th July, 1959. My local officers are continuing to submit unemployed workers to such vacancies as are notified by employers.