§ 35. Mr. Moodyasked the Minister of Labour what is the number of registered vehicle builders on the Tyneside who were recorded as unemployed on 30th March. 1957; how this figure compares with the registration of March, 1956; and what is the number of these craftsmen who were registered as working short time on the above dates.
§ Mr. Iain Macleod:The unemployment count is taken only on a Monday about the middle of each month. On 15th April, 1957, there were 122 persons registered as wholly unemployed and two temporarily stopped in the vehicles industries at employment exchanges on Tyneside, compared with seventy-four wholly unemployed and none temporarily stopped at 16th April, 1956. The numbers of craftsmen included in these figures are not available.