HC Deb 18 November 1959 vol 613 cc128-9W
Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the numbers of persons of each sex now employed, under-employed and unemployed in the paper making industry in Aberdeen City and county of Aberdeen and also during each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Heath

The figures are given in the following tables. In view of the large amount of work involved in the extraction, I have given employment figures for mid-1958 (the latest date for which they are available) and for mid

ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE PAPER AND BOARD INDUSTRY IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF ABERDEEN AT END JUNE, 1948 AND END MAY, 1958
Males Females Total
End June, 1948 1,920 690 2,610
End May, 1958 2,350 850 3,200

NUMBERS OF PERSONS WHOSE LAST EMPLOYMENT WAS IN THE PAPER AND BOARD INDUSTRY AND WHO WERE REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF ABERDEEN AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES
Wholly Unemployed Temporarily Stopped Total
Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
14th June, 1948 18 1 19 18 1 19
16th June, 1958 12 19 31 37 37 49 49 68
12th October, 1959. 11 15 26 11 15 26