§ Mrs. McLaughlinasked the Minister of Labour if he will state for the latest convenient date the number of persons unemployed in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, giving separate figures for skilled and unskilled workers.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodAt 13th January, the total numbers of unemployed persons 81W on the registers of employment changes were 288,758 in England, 72,969 in Scotland and 33,800 in Wales. Precise analyses according to skill are not available, but the latest quarterly occupational analysis shows that at 9th December, 1957, 86,000 out of 161,000 wholly unemployed men aged 18 and over on the registers in England were classified as labourers, the corresponding figure for Scotland being 24,000 out of 37,000 and for Wales 11,000 out of 17,000.
The remainder included the following numbers of men in the building and engineering, etc. groups of occupations:
— England Scotland Wales Building Craft Occupations 11,400 2,000 800 Metal Manufacturing, Metal Working, Engineering, Vehicle building, etc. occupations 10,200 1,700 1,000