§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Labour if he will state by trade, age
NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT THE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE IN ABERDEEN AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES:— Industry 15th June, 1959 Men Boys Women Girls Total Agriculture and horticulture … 134 4 5 — 143 Fishing … … … … 169 — — — 169 Bacon curing, meat and fish products … … … 60 — 55 1 116 Shipbuilding and ship-repairing 76 — 2 — 78 Spinning and doubling of cotton, flax and man-made fibre … … … … 9 — 23 2 34 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … … … 63 1 2 — 66 Timber … … … … 79 3 8 — 90 Construction … … … 308 1 10 — 319 Sea transport … … … 93 2 — — 95 Distributive trades … … 279 6 218 7 510 Entertainment and sport … 47 — 7 — 54 Catering, hotels, etc. … … 62 — 88 1 151 Private domestic service … 13 — 49 1 63 Local government service … 80 — 8 — 88 Other industries and services … 818 12 283 7 1,120 Total, All industries and services … … 2,290 29 758 19 3,096 106W
Industry 13th June, 1960 Men Boys Women Girls Total Agriculture and horticulture … 107 5 9 — 121 Fishing … … … … 216 — — — 216 Bacon curing, meat and fish products … … … 50 1 38 1 90 Shipbuilding and ship-repairing 285 2 2 — 289 Spinning and doubling of cotton, flax and man-made fibres … … … … … 25 — 20 — 45 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … … … 44 — 1 1 46 Timber … … … … 71 1 1 — 73 Construction … … … 306 — 2 — 308 Sea transport … … … 90 3 2 — 95 Distributive trades … … 254 7 178 3 442 Entertainment and sport … 47 1 13 — 61 Catering, hotels, etc. … … 72 — 51 1 124 Private domestic service … 11 — 33 2 46 Local government service … 87 — 11 — 98 Other industries and services … 669 3 215 6 893 Total, All industries and services … … 2,334 23 576 14 2,947 and sex how many workers in Aberdeen are now unemployed, with comparable figures for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. WhitelawFollowing is the Answer:
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Industry 12th June, 1961 Men Boys Women Girls Total Agriculture and horticulture … 98 3 6 — 107 Fishing … … … … 124 — — — 124 Bacon curing, meat and fish products … … … 52 2 30 1 85 Shipbuilding and ship-repairing 148 — 1 1 150 Spinning and doubling of cotton, flax and man-made fibres … … … … 26 — 11 1 38 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … … … 45 1 — — 46 Timber … … … … 67 — — 1 68 Construction … … … 211 — 3 — 214 Sea transport … … … 94 1 — — 95 Distributive trades … … 214 3 114 3 334 Entertainment and sport … 60 — 4 — 64 Catering, hotels, etc. … … 64 — 53 — 117 Private domestic service … 14 — 27 — 41 Local government service … 89 — 10 — 99 Other industries and services … 613 3 205 7 828 Total, All industries and services … … 1,919 13 464 14 2,410 108W109W
Industry 18th June, 1962 Men Boys Women Girls Total Agriculture and horticulture … 81 1 6 — 88 Fishing … … … … 133 — — — 133 Bacon curing, meat and fish products … … … 62 — 33 — 95 Shipbuilding and ship-repairing 134 — 1 — 135 Spinning and doubling of cotton, flax and man-made fibres … … … … 25 — 22 — 47 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … … … 37 — — — 37 Timber … … … … 56 1 2 — 59 Construction … … … 219 — 3 — 222 Sea transport … … … 92 2 — — 94 Distributive trades … … 231 7 148 6 392 Entertainment and sport … 34 — 5 1 40 Catering, hotels, etc. … … 74 — 58 1 133 Private domestic service … 13 — 22 — 35 Local government service … 88 — — — 88 Other industries and services … 605 2 272 8 887 Total, All industries and services … … 1,884 13 572 16 2,485
Industry 10th June, 1963 Men Boys Women Girls Total Agriculture and horticulture … 112 4 8 — 124 Fishing … … … … 131 1 — — 132 Bacon curing, meat and fish products … … … 72 6 48 2 128 Shipbuilding and ship-repairing 126 — 2 — 128 Spinning and doubling of cotton, flax and man-made fibres … … … … … 26 — 26 — 52 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … … … … 64 2 2 — 68 Timber … … … … 56 6 1 4 67 Construction … … … 268 2 2 — 272 Sea transport … … … 104 4 — — 108 Distributive trades … … 291 14 166 9 480 Entertainment and sport … 47 1 10 — 58 Catering, hotels, etc. … … 76 1 43 1 121 Private domestic service … 4 — 26 — 30 Local government service … 102 — 17 — 119 Other industries and services … 756 — 296 9 1,072 Total, All industries and services … … 2,235 52 647 25 2,959