Mrs. Braddockasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of
Numbers of insured persons registered as unemployed at Employment Exchanges in the Liverpool Area (including Bootle) at 16th September, 1946. Industry. Men aged 18 and under 65 years. Women aged 18 and under 60 years. Juveniles aged 14 and under 18 years. Total. Building 1,228 27 171 1,426 Civil Engineering Construction 286 10 7 303 Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing 1,504 132 23 1,659 Engineering, etc. 649 276 38 963 Construction and Repair of Motor Vehicles, Cycles and Aircraft 1,325 151 29 1,505 Explosives Manufacture 430 302 — 732 Oil, Glue, Soap, Ink, Matches, etc., Manufacture 233 73 32 338 Electric Apparatus, Cable, Lamps, etc., Manufacture 158 107 4 269 Metal Manufacture and Metal Goods Industries 373 91 62 526 Hotel, Restaurant, Boarding House, Club, Catering, etc., Service 224 270 39 533 Railway Service 174 153 6 333 Tramway and Omnibus Service 58 124 1 183 Goods Transport by Road 398 7 35 440 Shipping Service 821 15 16 852 Dock, Harbour, Canal, etc., Service 2,112 6 13 2,131 Bread, Biscuit, Cake, etc., Making 139 91 24 254 Other Food Industries 225 107 55 387 Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes and Snuff Manufacture 111 88 29 228 Distributive Trades 878 509 223 1,610 National Government Service 964 372 10 1,346 Local Government Service 325 169 10 504 Entertainments, Sports, etc. 113 189 28 330 All other Industries and Services 1,609 600 339 2,548 Ex-Service Personnel not classified by Industry 4,134 67 — 4,201 Total 18,471 3,936 1,194 23,601