HC Deb 10 February 1948 vol 447 c49W
105. Mr. Baldwin

asked the Minister of Labour at what employment exchanges the 2,173 agricultural workers are registered as unemployed.

Mr. Isaacs

Small numbers were registered at a considerable number of employment exchanges. The table below shows the employment exchanges at which there were 15 or more wholly unemployed men registered for employment as farm workers at 8th December, 1947:

York … … … 40
Penzance … … … 38
Norwich … … … 27
Amlwch … … … 26
Llangefni … … … 23
Hull … … … 18
Wick … … … 18
Boston … … … 18
Scarborough … … … 17
Skegness … … … 17
Maidstone … … … 16
Diss … … … 15
Fakenham … … … 15
Pwllheli … … … 15
Redruth … … … 15

The remainder were spread over a large number of local offices.