§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the recent increase in unemployment in the city and county of Aberdeen; and if he will now state to the latest convenient date the number of men and women now unemployed there as compared with the corresponding period during each of the last five years, with details of the respective trades and industries affected.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe following table gives the figures for the beginning and end of the period referred to. In view of the large amount of work involved in extracting the figures, I have given figures for May, 1954, and May, 1958, only.
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NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN ABERDEEN AND IN THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES Industry Aberdeen 10th May, 1954 12th May, 1958 Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture and Horticulture 81 10 91 126 4 130 Fishing 193 — 193 132 1 133 Non-Metalliferous Mining Products 40 1 41 77 — 77 Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing 65 1 66 106 — 106 Hosiery and other Knitted Goods 2 12 14 9 68 77 Food Industries 63 79 142 117 87 204 Timber 76 18 94 100 4 104 Wooden Containers and Baskets 22 3 25 57 7 64 Paper and Board 11 11 22 152 27 179 Building and Civil Engineering Contracting 201 3 204 389 2 391 Sea Transport 84 — 84 138 2 140 Distributive Trades 172 155 327 345 207 552 National Government Service 25 25 50 50 14 64 Local Government Service 93 19 112 89 12 101 Professional Services 41 36 77 32 35 67 Entertainment, Sport, etc. 56 10 66 53 16 69 Catering, Hotels, etc 69 76 145 80 78 158 Other Industries and Services 489 225 714 667 272 939 Total, All Industries and Services 1,783 684 2,467 2,719 836 3,555 76W
Industry Aberdeen County excluding Aberdeen 10th May, 1954 12th May, 1958 Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture and Horticulture 78 28 106 155 11 166 Fishing 370 1 371 223 1 224 Non-Metalliferous Mining Products 4 — 4 5 2 7 Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing 14 2 16 6 — 6 Hosiery and other Knitted Goods — 20 20 1 25 26 Food Industries 72 270 342 108 293 401 Timber 14 — 14 45 — 45 Wooden Containers and Baskets 1 — 1 2 — 2 Paper and Board — — — 2 1 3 Building and Civil Engineering Contracting 94 — 94 130 1 131 Sea Transport 12 — 12 22 — 22 Distributive Trades 38 67 105 54 84 138 National Government Service 10 6 16 4 1 5 Local Government Service 7 5 12 4 2 6 Professional Services 6 17 23 6 21 27 Entertainment, Sport, etc. 1 1 2 3 2 5 Catering, Hotels, etc 4 32 36 12 34 46 Other Industries and Services 147 202 349 222 159 381 Total, All Industries and Services 872 651 1,523 1,004 637 1,641