§ Mr. Douglasasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour the number of unemployed men between 18 and 64 years of age recorded as unemployed on 15th April, 1940, at Employment Exchanges in each of the county boroughs in Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire; and will he express those numbers as percentages of the estimated number of insured men of the same age at each of the exchanges?
§ Mr. AsshetonThe table below shows the numbers of insured men, aged 18–64, recorded as unemployed at 15th April, 1940, at Employment Exchanges situated in each of the county boroughs in
1016WDurham, Northumberland and Yorkshire, and those numbers expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers of insured men, aged 18–64 in the areas of those exchanges at July, 1939. Considerable changes may have taken place since July, 1939, in the total numbers of insured men in these areas, but the available information is insufficient to show to what extent these changes have affected the percentages of unemployment given in the table.
County Borough. Insured men, aged 18–64, recorded as unemployed at 15th April, 1940. Number. Per cent. of estimated number insured at July, 1939. Durham. Darlington 808 3.4 Gateshead 3,270 16.2 South Shields 4,520 19.6 Sunderland 7,188 16.8 West Hartlepool 2,247 13.8 Northumberland. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 6,985 7.7 Tynemouth 2,069 19.1 Yorkshire. Barnsley 3,782 15.3 Bradford 3,649 5.4 Dewsbury 476 3.9 Doncaster 2,140 5.3 Halifax 810 3.2 Huddersfield 717 2.0 Hull 7,694 10.3 Leeds 7,531 6.7 Middlesbrough 2,829 9.1 Rotherham 2,039 6.7 Sheffield 4,492 3.3 Wakefield 1,113 5.8 York 1,068 3.7