§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Minister of Labour whether he will indicate the course of employment in the district of Greenock by industries, numbers, and percentages for the last two available months, respectively?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe table below shows for the area served by the Greenock Employment Exchange the numbers of insured persons, aged 16–64 years, in the principal industries recorded as unemployed at 12th December, 1938, and 16th January,1939, and these numbers expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers insured at July, 1938.
the latest convenient date in 1939, and the respective numbers unemployed at that time;
(2) whether he will give the figures of unemployment in the boot and shoe industry for the whole country and for the city of Leicester, respectively, at the latest 959W convenient date in 1939; and the number of persons, respectively, registered for employment in this industry at the like time?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe following table shows for Great Britain and for Leicester the estimated numbers of insured persons, aged 14–64, in the hosiery industry and in the boot and shoe industry at July, 1938 (the latest date for which particulars are available), and the numbers of such persons recorded as unemployed at 16th January, 1939:
— Hosiery Industry. Boot and Shoe Industry.* Estimated Numbers of Insured Persons, aged 14–64, at July, 1938. Great Britain 130,640 147,080 Leicester 33,080 20,380 Insured persons, aged 14–64, recorded as Unemployed at 16th Janury, 1939. Great Britain 12,920 15,484 Leicester 3,249 1,445 * The figures cover boot, shoe, slipper and clog manufacture and repairing; separate figures are not available for boot and shoe manufacture.