§ Mr. Greyasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number of unemployed in October, 1958, in the various categories in the northern region.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe table below gives the information desired.
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN THE NORTHERN REGION AT 13TH OCTOBER. 1958 Industry Number Agriculture and Horticulture 541 Coal Mining 663 Iron and Steel Melting, Rolling, etc. 1,627 Iron Foundries 689 Shipbuilding and Ship repairing 2,010 Non-Electrical Engineering 1,626 Tailoring 581 Building and Civil Engineering Contracting 5,045 Sea Transport 1,178 Distributive Trades 3,361 National Government Service 538 Local Government Service 1,342 Professional Services 971 Entertainment and Sport 625 Catering, Hotels, etc. 2,173 All other Industries and Services 12,785 Total, All Industries and Services 35,755
§ Mr. Greyasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the monthly figures of unemployed in the northern region from October, 1957, to October, 1958; and 121W how they compare, as a percentage, with those from October, 1956 to 1957.
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN THE NORTH REGION — October, 1956-October, 1957 October, 1957-October, 1958 Total number unemployed Per cent. of total number of employees Total number unemployed Per cent. of total number of employees (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) October … … … … 19,223 1.5 18,267 1.4 November … … … … 20,184 1.6 21,987 1.7 December … … … … 20,618 1.6 22,900 1.8 January … … … … 25,929 2.0 26,867 2.1 February … … … … 25,623 2.0 27,985 2.2 March… … … … … 23,845 1.9 28,259 2.2 April … … … … 25,065 2.0 29,022 2.3 May … … … … 22,076 1.7 27,654 2.2 June… … … … … 18,139 1.4 27,560 2.1 July… … … … … 16,891 1.3 26,262 2.0 August … … … … 19,545 1.5 30,976 2.4 September … … … … 18,579 1.4 32,093 2.5 October … … … … 18,267 1.4 35,755 2.8