§ Mr. Lowasked the Minister of Labour to state, in each category of employment, the number of unemployed in Blackpool at a convenient date in January, 1949; and the number of unemployed at the same date in 1948.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe tables below give an industrial analysis of the numbers of persons registered as unemployed at the
(a) Numbers of insured persons registered as unemployed at Blackpool employment exchange at 12th January,1948. Industry Males aged 14 and under 65 Females aged 14 and under 60 Total Engineering, etc 180 32 212 Construction and repair of motor vehicles, cycles and aircraft. 58 5 63 Bread, biscuits, cakes, etc., making 25 12 37 Building and civil engineering construction 84 — 84 Tramway and omnibus service and other road passenger transport. 42 2 44 Goods transport by road 38 — 38 Distributive trades 136 85 221 National Government service 101 58 159 Local Government service 69 14 83 Entertainments, sports, etc. 137 76 213 Catering, hotels, etc. 163 211 374 Printing, publishing and bookbinding 16 11 27 All other industries and services 233 80 313 Total—All industries and services 1,282 586 1,868
(b Numbers of persons registered as unemployed at Blackpool employment exchange at 10th January, 1949. Industry Males aged 15 and over Females aged 15 and over Total Non-electrical engineering 374 19 393 Manufacture and repair of motor vehicles, cycles and aircraft. 76 10 86 Tailoring 10 19 29 Bread, biscuit and flour confectionery manufacture 31 14 45 Building and civil engineering contracting 246 1 247 Railways 31 3 34 Tramway and omnibus service 56 7 63 Other road passenger transport 64 1 65 Goods transport by road 78 1 79 Distributive trades 230 249 479 National Government service 111 68 179 Local Government service 104 22 126 Entertainments, sports, etc. 307 117 424 Catering, hotels, etc. 446 517 963 All other industries and services 478 257 735 Total—All industries and services 2,642 1,305 3,947