§ 60. Mr. Malcolm MacPhersonasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the monthly figures, for the last six months, of unemployment and of short-time working in Falkirk.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe table below gives the information desired so far as it is available:
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF THE FALKIRK EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AT THE UNDER-MENTIONED DATES. Date Total number of unemployed persons on the Registers Numbers temp, stopped* (included in Col. (2)) (1) (2) (3) 1952 13th October 858 188 10th November 829 87 8th December 982 272 1953 12th January 1,211 426 16th February 1,285 412 16th March 1,578 719 * The "temporarily stopped" include persons working short-time who were not at work on the Monday to which the figures relate and who were registered at the employment exchange. The figures exclude short-time workers who were at work on the Monday but stood off on some other day or days of the week. Complete statistics of the numbers working short-time are not available