§ 123. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister Labour how many shipyard workers in the city of Aberdeen were employed and unemployed, respectively, on 1st May, 1950, 1st May, 1949, 1st May, 1948 and 1st May, 1938.
§ Mr. IsaacsFor 1948 to 1950, statistics of employment are available, at quarterly dates only, in respect of firms supplying employment returns to the Department. The numbers employed by such firms in the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry in Aberdeen at the end of March, 1948, 1949 and 1950 were 2,640, 2,790 and 2,250, respectively. Corresponding figures are not available for 1938, but the estimated number of insured persons employed in the industry in Aberdeen at July of that year was approximately 900. The numbers of persons in the industry registered as unemployed at the Aberdeen Employment Exchange in April, 1938, 1948, 1949 and 1950, were 330, 96, 90 and 168, respectively.