§ Mr. A. Edward Daviesasked the Minister of Labour the latest figures of 117W unemployed men and women in Nora Staffordshire, on a trade basis, and separately for each town.
§ Mr. Isaacs:The first table below gives an industrial analysis of the numbers of insured men and women suitable for ordinary employment registered at employment exchanges in North Staffordshire as unemployed at 8th April, 1946.
Men. Aged 18 and under 65. Women. Aged 18 and under 60. Building 147 — Civil engineering construction 124 1 Engineering 688 368 Construction and repair of motor vehicles, cycles and aircraft 527 180 Explosives, manufacture 457 146 Pottery, earthenware, etc. 116 43 Coal mining 388 2 Distributive trades 135 188 National government service 204 234 Local government service 78 40 All other industries and services 505 263 Ex-service personnel not classified by industry* 562 21 Totals 3,931 1,486 * These are ex-Service personnel who have not yet been classified to a particular industry although they may have had some employment since release or discharge from the Forces. The following table shows the total numbers of insured men and women suitable for ordinary employment registered as unemployed at 8th April, 1946, at each employment exchange in North Stafford shire:
Men. Aged 18 and under 65. Women. Aged 18 and under 60. Audley 190 177 Biddulph 109 70 Burslem 570 126 Chesterton 65 99 Hanley 597 29 Kidsgrove 300 119 Leek 88 2 Longton 671 29 Newcastle-under-Lyme 996 756 Stoke-on-Trent 345 79 Totals 3,931 1,486