HC Deb 22 February 1940 vol 357 c1565W
Mr. D. Graham

asked the Minister of Labour the number of miners registering at each of the exchanges in the county of Lanark and the county of West Lothian, respectively?

Mr. E. Brown

The following table shows the numbers of insured men, aged 18–64, recorded as unemployed in the coal-mining industry at each Employment Exchange in the counties of Lanark and West Lothian at 15th January, 1940:

Employment Exchange. Number unemployed.
County of Lanark:
Airdrie 561
Bridgeton 127
Cambuslang 133
Carluke 93
Coatbridge 291
East Kilbride —
Finnieston 11
Glasgow Central 85
Glasgow South Side 115
Govan 5
Hamilton 701
Kinning Park 5
Lanark 18
Larkhall 311
Lesmahagow 51
Maryhill 46
Motherwell 891
Parkhead 279
Partick 4
Rutherglen 27
Shotts 541
Springburn 86
Strathaven 5
Uddingston 214
Wishaw 347
Total 4,947

County of West Lothian:
Bathgate 197
Bo'ness 81
Broxburn 6
Linlithgow 1
South Queensferry —
Total 285

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