HC Deb 27 November 1952 vol 508 c82W
100. Mr. H. Wilson

asked 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 in the docks on Merseyside; and the proportion which each of such figures represents of the numbers available on the register.

Sir W. Monckton

In the week ending 15th November, the average daily number of registered dock workers surplus to requirements in the Merseyside ports was 5,610 or 26.2 per cent. of the totals on the registers. I will circulate the particulars for each port in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

The particulars are as follows:

Port Surplus Percentage of Register
Liverpool … … 3,886 26.3
Birkenhead … … 294 12.7
Bromborough … … 77 33.3
Garston … … 172 18.2
Manchester … … 1,145 41.1
Preston … … 36 9.8
5,610 26.2