§ Mr. Edeasked the Minister of Labour how many men normally employed in shipbuilding and ship repairing were registered as unemployed at the South Shields Employment Exchange on the day on which statistics were taken in each month of 1939?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe following table shows the numbers of insured men, aged 18–64, recorded as unemployed in the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry classification at the South Shields Employment Exchange at one date in each month of 1939:
Date. Number. 1939— 16th January … … … 1,624 13th February … … … 1,541 13th March … … … 1,852 17th April … … … 1,553 15th May … … … 1,633 12th June … … … 1,540 10th July … … … 1,278 14th August … … … 822 11th September … … … 578 16th October … … … 588 13th November … … … 721 11th December … … … 703