§ 78. Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures showing the number of registered unemployed in the parliamentary constituency of Kelvingrove, or for the employment exchanges which cover this constituency, for each of the months from October, 1951, until the latest convenient stated date.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodOwing to the length of the period over which the statistics are required, figures for quarterly dates48W only have been given. The following are the figures:
NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT THE GLASGOW CENTRAL AND FINNIESTON EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND THE GLASGOW CITY YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES* — Numbers Unemployed 15th October, 1951 … … 2,586 4th January, 1952 … … 3,200 21st April, 1952 … … 3,258 14th July, 1952 … … 2,879 13th October, 1952 … … 3,783 12th January, 1953 … … 3,459 13th April, 1953 … … 3,054 13th July, 1953 … … 2,653 12th October, 1953 … … 2,692 11th January, 1954 … … 3,033 12th April, 1954 … … 2,788 12th July, 1954 … … 2,219 11th October, 1954 … … 2,430 10th January, 1955 … … 2,798 18th April, 1955 … … 2,400 11th July, 1955 … … 1,988 10th October, 1955 … … 2,157 16th January, 1956 … … 2,553 16th April, 1956 … … 2,251 16th July, 1956 … … 1,849 15th October, 1956 … … 2,236 14th January, 1957 … … 2,843 15th April, 1957 … … 2,685 15th July, 1957 … … 2,076 14th October, 1957 … … 2,502 13th January, 1958 … … 3,073 *The Finnieston Employment Exchange was closed in September, 1957, and the area is now covered by the Glasgow Central Employment Exchange.