§ Mr. Llewellynasked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish statistics showing the percentage level of unemployment in Cardiff since 1945, and its relation to the national average.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe following table gives the information desired, so far as it is available.
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN CARDIFF AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGES OF THE ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE AREA, WITH CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN Date* Cardiff Great Britain July, 1948 … … 2.1 1.4 May, 1949 … … 2.3 1.5 May, 1950 … … 2.5 1.5 May, 1951 … … 1.8 1.0 May, 1952 … … 2.3 2.2 May, 1953 … … 2.3 1.6 May, 1954 … … 2.2 1.4 May, 1955 … … 1.5 1.0 May, 1956 … … 1.7 1.1 May, 1957 … … 2.2 1.4 May, 1958 … … 3.6 2.1 * Owing to the changeover to the National Insurance Scheme in 1948, with the consequent large increase in the number of persons insured against unemployment, it is not possible to compute percentage rates of unemployment for dates before July, 1948, which would be comparable with those for later dates given in the Table.