§ Mr. F. Macleanasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the employment figures for the borough of Lancaster on 1st November, 1951, and on the first day of each month since then; and the number of vacancies which have been notified there.
§ Sir W. MoncktonStatistics of employment in local areas are available for the end of May only in each year. At the end of May, 1951, the number of employees (excluding those registered as unemployed) in the area of the Lancaster Employment Exchange was approximately 26,000. A corresponding figure
Males Females Industry Wholly Unemployed Temporarily Stopped Wholly Unemployed Temporarily Stopped Building and civil engineering … 445 7 1 — Shipbuilding and ship repairing … 347 83 9 — Distributive trades … 127 — 224 6 Catering, etc. … 42 — 197 7 … 136 17 29 — Local government service … 113 1 15 — Glass (other than containers) … 58 — 48 3 Tailoring … 12 — 131 1 All other industries and services … 782 13 802 28 TOTAL … 2,062 121 1,456 45