Bromsgrove and Redditch

HC Deb 26 April 1955 vol 540 cc47-8W

Mr. Higgs

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed and the number of vacancies notified at the employment exchanges at

NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND NUMBERS OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED AT THE BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES
Date	Bromsgrove Employment Exchange	Redditch Employment Exchange
Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Numbers registered as unemployed
12th March, 1951	…	9	1	10	10	—	10
17th March, 1952	…	13	34	47	24	27	51
16th March, 1953	…	704	108	812	243	65	308
15th March, 1954	…	15	1	16	46	25	71
14th March, 1955	…	21	3	24	37	9	46
Notified Vacancies remaining unfilled
14th March, 1951	…	235	30	265	444	235	679
12th March, 1952	…	257	64	321	335	385	720
11th March, 1953	…	91	40	131	172	106	278
10th March, 1954	…	160	59	219	213	222	435
9th March, 1955	…	191	48	239	308	308	616

per week; and his estimate of the number who were receiving less than the national average.

Mr. Watkinson:

I regret that the information is not available.