Mr. H. Wilsonasked the Minister of Labour the numbers unemployed and employed, respectively, in the Merseyside Development Area in, or about, the month of October, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951 and 1952, with comparable figures for the latest available date in 1953.
§ Sir W. MoncktonThe table below gives the numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of employment exchanges in the Merseyside Development Area in October of each of the years 1946 to 1952 and in September, 1953. The computation of estimates of the total numbers employed has not yet been completed; I will write to the right hon. Member as soon as the figures become available.
Date Number of unemployed persons on the registers of employment exchanges in the Merseyside Development Area Males Females 14th October, 1946. 23,820 5,463 11th October, 1948. 21,813 5,831 16th October, 1950. 15,977 7,070 15th October, 1951. 10,301 6,428 13th October, 1952. 16,024 9,736 14th September, 1953. 15,224 7,295