§ Mr. Sharpasked the Minister of Labour if he will give a schedule show- 238W ing the number of unemployed in the main industries of the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire, showing separately unemployment due to fuel shortage and comparative figures for March and April.
§ Mr. Ness EdwardsThe following table shows the numbers of insured persons registered as unemployed in the East and West Ridings Region at 10th March and 14th April. Separate figures of unemployment due to the fuel shortage are not available.
Industry 10th March. 14th April. Agriculture 1221 568 Steel Melting and Iron Puddling, etc. 2,954 1,445 Engineering, etc 3,419 2,378 Construction and Repair of Motor Vehicles, Cycles and Aircraft. 1495 1203 Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing. 389 516 Coalmining 660 415 Railway Service 710 531 Cotton 2,111 207 Woolen and Worsted 25,268 9,704 Textile Bleaching, Printing, etc. 4,049 2,334 Tailoring 894 884 Building 9,362 1,709 Civil Engineering Construction. 1,469 602 Distributive Trades 2,690 2,202 Hotel, Boarding House, Catering, etc., Service. 975 830 National Government Service. 1,655 1,242 Local Government Service 1,129 917 All other industries and Services. 22,220 12,090 TOTAL, all industries and services. 82,670 39,777 At 10th March some of the workpeople who were stood off from employment owing to the fuel crisis were receiving wages under guaranteed week and other arrangements and consequently did not register as unemployed. The estimated number in the East and West Ridings was approximately 10,000.