§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed, male and female, respectively, at each of the following labour exchanges: Ferndale, Porth, Treorchy and Tonypandy on 1st February, 1945, and the latest available date.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe following table shows the numbers of insured persons aged 14 years and over registered as unemployed at the Ferndale, Porth, Treorchy and Tonypandy employment exchanges at 15th January, 1945, the date nearest to 1st February for which statistics are available, and at 15th October:
15th January,1945. 15th October,1945. Males aged 14 and under 65. Females aged 14 and under 60. Males aged 14 and under 65. Females aged 14 and under 60. Ferndale 224 35 763 449 Porth 140 25 546 332 Treorchy 297 63 874 735 Tonypandy. 232 9 1,040 684 The figures exclude insured men on the registers classified as unsuitable for ordinary industrial employment. At 15th January the number were as follows: Ferndale 62, Porth 41, Treorchy 82, Tonypandy 73. At 15th October, the corresponding figures were 52, 40, 91 and59.