§ 86. Sir L. Ungoed-Thomasasked the Minister of Labour what were the numbers of wholly and temporarily unemployed persons registered at the Leicester Employment Exchange at the end of October, 1951, and at the end of February, 1959.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodStatistics of unemployment relate to a date about the middle of each month. At 9th February, 1959, there were 2,562 persons registered as wholly unemployed and 420 registered as temporarily stopped at the Leicester Employment Exchange and Youth38W Employment Offices. The corresponding figures for 15th October, 1951, were 233 and 552, respectively.