§ 63. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Labour how many persons in the city and county of Aberdeen were unemployed at the latest convenient date, giving trades and sexes separately; and how these figures compare with the corresponding figures during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. GreenThe tables given below contain figures of unemployment by sexes for each April from 1957 to 1962, 51W inclusive, and analyses by industry and sex from 1960 to 1962. The analysis by industry is not readily available for
NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN ABERDEEN AND THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE Date Aberdeen Aberdeen County (excluding Aberdeen) Males Females Total Males Females Total 9th April, 1962 … … 2,374 687 3,061 1,388 471 1,859 10th April, 1961 … … 2,252 619 2,871 1,098 454 1,552 11th April, 1960 … … 2,669 830 3,499 1,371 623 1,994 13th April, 1959 … … 2,972 1,000 3,972 1,227 653 1,880 14th April, 1958 … … 2,818 888 3,706 1,269 650 1,919 15th April, 1957 … … 2,249 742 2,991 1,190 557 1,747 52W
NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN ABERDEEN AND THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE BY INDUSTRIES 9th April, 1962 Aberdeen Aberdeen County (excluding Aberdeen) Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture and horticulture … … 105 7 112 149 19 168 Fishing … … … … … … 152 — 152 548 — 548 Bacon curing, meat and fish products … 66 50 116 94 141 235 Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing … … 102 1 103 22 — 22 Spinning and doubling of cotton flax and man-made fibres … … … … 26 19 45 1 1 2 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … 42 1 43 4 — 4 Timber … … … … … … 98 1 99 24 — 24 Construction … … … … … 281 5 286 140 2 142 Sea Transport … … … … … 118 — 118 33 — 33 Distributive Trades … … … … 286 171 457 76 70 146 Entertainment and Sport … … … 48 15 63 3 10 13 Catering, hotels, etc. … … … … 98 55 153 6 19 25 Private domestic service … … … 14 26 40 3 54 57 Local government service … … … 127 11 138 15 3 18 Other industries and services … … 811 325 1,136 270 152 422 Total, all Industries and Services … 2,374 687 3,061 1,388 471 1,859 previous years and I regret that it would involve a disproportionate amount of staff time to produce.
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10th April, 1961 Aberdeen Aberdeen County (excluding Aberdeen) Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture and horticulture … … 101 5 106 175 15 190 Fishing … … … … … … 167 — 167 348 1 349 Bacon curing, meat and fish products … 74 48 122 88 154 242 Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing … … 122 1 123 20 2 22 Spinning and doubling of cotton flax and man-made fibres … … … … 26 19 45 — — — Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … 54 1 55 6 — 6 Timber … … … … … … 73 — 73 22 — 22 Construction … … … … … 263 6 269 99 3 102 Sea Transport … … … … … 75 — 75 14 — 14 Distributive Trades … … … … 297 175 472 79 65 144 Entertainment and Sport … … … 49 7 56 6 3 9 Catering, hotels, etc. … … … … 79 51 130 9 25 34 Private domestic service … … … 15 35 50 1 44 45 Local government service … … … 122 10 132 5 4 9 Other industries and services … … 735 261 996 226 138 364 Total, all Industries and Services … 2,252 619 2,871 1,098 454 1,552
11th April, 1960 Aberdeen Aberdeen County (excluding Aberdeen) Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture and horticulture … … 124 12 136 179 14 193 Fishing … … … … … … 234 1 235 563 2 565 Bacon curing, meat and fish products … 86 80 166 110 219 329 Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing … … 192 1 193 10 — 10 Spinning and doubling of cotton flax and man-made fibres … … … … 27 29 56 2 1 3 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … 55 1 56 8 — 8 Timber … … … … … … 97 4 101 20 — 20 Construction … … … … … 350 3 353 148 3 151 Sea Transport … … … … … 89 2 91 16 — 16 Distributive Trades … … … … 344 246 590 104 112 216 Entertainment and Sport … … … 57 9 66 2 1 3 Catering, hotels, etc. … … … … 104 85 189 15 32 47 Private domestic service … … … 19 34 53 4 68 72 Local government service … … … 128 15 143 4 3 7 Other industries and services … … 763 308 1,071 186 168 354 Total, all industries and services … … 2,669 830 3,499 1,371 623 1,994