§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Labour how many males and females, respectively, were wholly unemployed in the Fife Exchange areas of Kirkcaldy and Leslie, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline and Inverkeithing on the latest date for which figures are available; how many unfilled vacancies existed for men and women; and what are the comparable figures for each year since 1950.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe following table gives the information desired:
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NUMBERS OF WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF THE KIRKCALDY, LESLIE, COWDENBEATH, DUNFERMLINE AND INVERKEITHING EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND THE NUMBERS OF VACANCIES NOTIFIED TO THOSE EXCHANGES AND REMAINING UNFILLED Numbers registered as wholly unemployed Numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled Males Females Males Females
KIRKCALDY November 1950 … 167 176 186 216 1951 … 137 142 328 192 1952 … 203 281 121 106 1953 … 140 291 576 96 1954 … 136 240 197 99 1955 … 132 248 232 150 1956 … 122 261 326 95 1957 … 190 334 139 53
LESLIE November 1950 … 10 3 28 53 1951 … 4 6 45 22 1952 … 11 11 30 11 1953 … 10 4 20 17 1954 … 11 34 10 3 1955 … 6 22 21 24 1956 … 8 45 57 12 1957 … 16 73 15 7
COWDENBEATH November 1950 … 246 265 70 10 1951 … 136 318 38 10 1952 … 184 317 45 4 1953 … 154 256 29 6 1954 … 100 241 52 18 1955 … 106 278 40 19 1956 … 110 374 66 16 1957 … 136 389 35 16
DUNFERMLINE November 1950 … 124 196 287 94 1951 … 97 202 507 83 1952 … 93 154 447 126 1953 … 131 171 352 116 1954 … 106 209 421 137 1955 … 105 180 389 112 1956 … 83 345 331 77 1957 … 115 257 191 105
INVERKEITHING November 1950 … 15 35 145 11 1951 … 11 34 157 3 1952 … 12 50 83 18 1953 … 24 36 35 9 1954 … 16 36 76 8 1955 … 23 31 41 7 1956 … 26 28 46 9 1957 … 34 43 22 9