HC Deb 10 November 1949 vol 469 cc148-9W
Mr. Berry

asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of unemployed in the Borough of Woolwich at the latest ascertainable date; and how many of these persons are over 40 years of age.

Mr. Isaacs

The number of unemployed persons on the registers of the Woolwich employment exchange at 10th October was 695. At 13th June, 1949, the latest date for which an age-analysis is available, out of a total of 620 wholly unemployed 337 were aged 41 and over.