HC Deb 16 December 1952 vol 509 c177W
142. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Minister of Labour the number of registered unemployed at the Leyton and Waltham-stow employment exchange; how many of these are men and women, respectively; the number unemployed for over two weeks; and how many of these are engaged, respectively, in the making of furniture and in motor car manufacture.

Mr. Watkinson

994 men and 562 women at 10th November, of whom 655 men and 293 women had been on the registers for more than two weeks. The totals included 47 men and 15 women who were last employed in the furniture industry and eight men and one woman who were last employed in the manufacture of motor vehicles and cycles. An analysis according to duration of unemployment is not available for individual industries.