Mr. W. Joseph Stewartasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the total number of persons between the ages of 18 to 64 who are unemployed in the administrative county of Durham and in the county boroughs of Sunderland and South Shields, and the duration of their unemployment?
§ Mr. E. BrownAt 17th October, 1938, there were 50,040 unemployed persons aged 18 years and over on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the administrative county of Durham; the corresponding figures for Employment Exchanges in the county boroughs of Sunderland and South Shields were 15,448 and 9,138 respectively. The numbers of applicants for unemployment benefit or allowances included in these totals were 48,527 for the administrative county of Durham, 14,929 for the county borough of Sunderland and 8,786 for the county borough of South Shields. The table below gives an analysis of these cases according to the length of the last spell of registered unemployment. Among the persons who had been on the register for extended periods, a proportion, which will increase as the period on the register increases, will have had one or more short spells of employment lasting not more than three days each during those periods.
is anticipated will be engaged in Liverpool to cope with the Christmas traffic; and how applicants for such employment may register their applications?
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§ Sir W. WomersleyAbout 2,000 men will be required in the Liverpool area. Applicants should register at the local Employment Exchanges.