Statistics

HC Deb 07 March 1946 vol 420 cc104-5W

Mr. Boardman

asked the Minister of Labour the unemployment figures for t he administrative areas of Wigan, St. Helens, Leigh and Tyldesley, respectively, for the years 1932, 1933, 1934,'1935 and 1936, for men and women, respectively; the relationship of these figures to the insurable population; the proportion in the respective areas of those employed in the mining industry, the cotton industry and miscellaneous industries; and the number of industries operating in each of those areas.

Mr. Isaacs

The table attached shows for each of the years 1932 to 1936, in respect of men and women aged 18 and under 65 years insured against unemployment (1) the numbers recorded as unemployed at the Wigan, St. Helens, Leigh and Atherton and Tyldesley Employment Exchanges at one date in July, (2) the percentages which these numbers represented of the approximate total number of insured persons, and (3) the numbers of insured men and women in the coal mining and cotton industries and in all other industries combined. 1 regret that information as to the number of separate industries located in these areas is not available.

	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936
	M. 18–64.	W. 18–64.	M. 18–64.	W. 18–64.	M. 18–64.	W. 18–64.	M. 18–64.	W. 18–64.	M. 18–64.	W. 18–64.
	Wigan Employment Exchange.
Numbers unemployed	…	12,222l	2,627	11,984	2,339	10,439	3,064	10,180	2,118	9,727	1,653
Percentages unemployed*	41 .8	21 .2	40 .2	20 .7	33 .6	27 .8	34 .0	19 .2	33 .3	15 .0
Numbers of unemployment books exchanged:
Coal mining	…	…	15,530	500	15,920	440	16,750	420	15,800	350	14,460	330
Cotton	…	…	…	1,150	6,360	1,100	5,550	1,140	5,270	1,130	5,340	1,120	5,340
All other industries and services	…	…	12,550	5,520	12,800	5.310	13,220	5.350	12,980	5,320	I3,590	5,360
Total	…	29,230	12,380	29,820	11,300	31,110	11,040	29,910	11,010	29,170	11,030
	St. Helens Employment Exchange.
Numbers unemployed	…	8,772	554	10,284	586	8,778	485	8,827	517	7,267	441
Percentages unemployed*	32 .8	10 .9	38 .2	12 .2	32 .4	10 .1	32 .7	10 .2	26 .5	8 .8
Numbers of unemployment books exchanged:
Coal mining	…	…	7,350	120|	7,460	120	6,760	70	6,370	100	6,380	80
Cotton	…	…	…	—	20	—	10	—	10	—	10	—	10
All other industries and services	…	…	19,420	4,960	19,480	4,680	20,300	4,730	20,650	4,960	21,050	4,900
Total	…	26,770	5,100	26,940	4,810	27,060	4,810	27,020	5,070	27,430	4,990
	Leigh Employment Exchange.
Numbers unemployed	…	3,722	1,274	2,465	780	2,629	1,308	2,676	1,472	2,289	1,009
Percentages unemployed*	31 . 1	16 . 3	19 . 9	10 . 7	20 . 7	18 . 3	20 . 8	21 . 1	17 . 8	14 . 7
Numbers of unemployment books exchanged:
Coal mining	…	…	4,690	170	5,020	160	5,040	190	4.950	240	5,040	210
Cotton	…	…	…	2,220	4.940	2,310	4,640	2,310	4,370	2,230	4,220	2,120	4,050
All other industries and services	…	…	5,070	2,710	5,080	2,510	5,370	2,590	5,670	2,540	5,700	2,610
Total	…	11,980	7,820	12,410	7,310	12,720	7,150	12,850	7,000	12,860	6,870
	Atherton and Tyldesley Employment Exchange.
Numbers unemployed	…	l,504	1,284	1,202	478	1,745	980	1,678	692	1.744	404
Percentages unemployed*	11.6	29.4	9.2	12.4	13.4	25.9	12.9	18.4	13.7	11.2
Numbers of unemployment books exchanged:
Coal mining	…	…	8,430	380	8,180	250	8,180	360	7,950	350	7,610	300
Cotton	…	…	…	1,510	2,990	1,520	2,700	1,550	2,540	1.470	2,460	1,470	2,430
All other industries and services	…	…	2,990	990	3,300	910	3,280	890	3,580	950	3,640	870
Total	…	12,930	4,360	13,000	3,860	13,010	3,790	13,000	3,760	12,720	3,600
M. = Men.		W. = Women.
*As considerable numbers of insured persons register, when unemployed, at Local Offices of the Ministry of Labour other than those at which their unemployment insurance books were exchanged, the percentages given in the tables may be misleading as an indication of the relative levels of unemployment in the localities named.