§ Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of males and females wholly unemployed, temporarily stopped and on short-time in the area served by the Oldham Employment Exchange, at the most recent convenient date.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodAt 14th July, 1958, 837 males and 288 females were registered as wholly unemployed and 682 males and 1,368 females as temporarily stopped at the Oldham and Chadderton Employment Exchange and Youth Employment Offices. The "temporarily stopped" are persons working short-time or otherwise temporarily suspended who were not at work on the Monday to which the figures relate and who were registered at the Employment Exchange and Youth Employment Offices.
§ Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Labour what is the average number of persons attending to register on a Friday at the Oldham Employment Exchange for four weeks to the most recent convenient date; and what is the estimated average time of waiting to register.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe average number of claimants at the Oldham and Chadderton Employment Exchange on a Friday during the past four weeks was about 2,500. It is estimated that the average time persons had to wait after their due time of attendance was about ten minutes.