§ Major Bruceasked the Minister of Labour what was the total number of men and women in insured employment in the City of Portsmouth on 31st March, 1948, or the nearest convenient date, distinguishing between the various industries, trades, services and other principal occupations, giving some indication of the main occupations included in the classification "National Government Service"; and whether he will give similar particulars of those unemployed.
§ Mr. IsaacsStatistics of the numbers of persons in insured employment can be
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Industry. Males, 14–64. Females, 14–59. Total. Building … 212 — 212 Civil engineering construction … 44 1 45 Shipbuilding and ship repairing … 61 5 66 Engineering, etc. … 77 24 101 Construction and repair bf motor vehicles, cycles and aircraft … 95 42 137 Hotel, catering, etc., service … 58 167 225 Shipping service … 43 3 46 Distributive trades … 120 90 210 National government service … 193 66 259 Local government service … 60 38 98 Entertainments, sports, etc. … 50 22 72 All other industries and services … 505 208 713 Total, all industries and services … 1,518 666 2,184 given in respect of one date only in each year. The latest available figures relate to July, 1947, and those in respect of Portsmouth were supplied in reply to a question by my hon. and gallant Friend on 6th November, 1947. [OFFICIAL REPORT, Vol. 443, c. 231–2.] The occupations included in the "National Government Service" classification are not separately distinguished in the statistics. The numbers of insured persons registered as unemployed at the Portsmouth employment exchange at 12th April, 1948, were as follows: