§ Mr. Mayhewasked the Minister of Labour the percentage of unemployment in the Borough of Woolwich for the most recent convenient date; and the number of workers in the Borough of Woolwich who were temporarily or wholly unemployed on the latest convenient date for 89W each year from 1951 to 1959, respectively, and the number of vacancies unfilled on those dates.
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF THE WOOLWICH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND THE NUMBERS OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED AT THOSE OFFICES — Numbers registered as unemployed Notified Vacancies remaining unfilled Wholly Unemployed Temporarily Stopped Total February, 1951 … … … 486 3 489 844 February, 1952 … … … 567 6 573 862 February, 1953 … … … 722 12 734 416 February, 1954 … … … 741 20 761 444 February, 1955 … … … 426 — 426 649 February, 1956 … … … 375 22 397 654 February, 1957 … … … 590 — 590 300 February, 1958 … … … 696 22 718 255 February, 1959 … … … 1,045 10 1,055 199 It is not possible to compute a percentage rate of unemployment for Woolwich. Owing to the travel-to-work problem, a percentage rate can be computed only for the Greater London area as a whole. On 9th February, 1959, this was 1.5.