HC Deb 27 May 1946 vol 423 c143W
Mr. Edelman

asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed in Coventry for each of the last six months, respectively.

Mr. Isaacs

The numbers of unemployed insured persons aged 14 years and over, suitable for ordinary employment, on the registers of Coventry Employment Exchange and Juvenile Employment Bureau at one date in each of the last six months were as follow: November, 1945, 5,138; December, 5,236; January, 1946, 4,931; February, 4,948; March. 4,650; April, 4,118

Mr. Edelman

asked the Minister of Labour the number of engineers unemployed in Coventry for each of the last six months, respectively.

Mr. Isaacs

At 10th December, 1945, and 11th March, 1946, the only dates in the period in question for which figures are available, the number of wholly unemployed men aged 18 years and over, other than labourers, registered at Coventry employment exchange as applicants for work in engineering occupations were 2,433 and 2,524, respectively.