§ Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Labour the figures for the latest available date of the number of dock workers signing on for whom employment could not be found at each of the control points on the docks on the North-East Coast; and 103W the proportion which each of such figures represents of the numbers available on the register.
§ Mr. WatkinsonIn the week ending 29th November, the figures were:
— Average Daily number of men surplus to requirements Percentage of Register Newcastle and Dunston 127 18.2 South Shields 24 5.0 North Shields 21 5.3 Blyth 5 2.4 Sunderland and Seaham 41 12.2 Total:— Tyne and Wear Area 218 10.3 Middlesbrough 354 26.9 Hartlepools 15 5.6 Total:— Middlesbrough and Hartlepools Area 369 23.3