The Rev. LI. Williamsasked the Minister of Labour the percentage of unemployed insured workers at the Abertillery Employment Exchange at the nearest available date, and the number of insured workers who have been unemployed for more than six weeks.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodFor the purpose of calculating the percentage rate of unem-
154Wuntil the latest convenient date, for employment exchanges in the County Borough of West Ham.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodOwing to the length of the period over which the statistics are required, figures for quarterly dates only have been given.
Following is the Table:
ployment, the Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale, Newbridge and Tredegar, Employment Exchange areas are grouped; for this area as a whole, the percentage rate of unemployment at 13th October was 4.7. The numbers unemployed for more than six weeks are available only at quarterly intervals (March, June, September and December). At 13th October there were 391 wholly unemployed persons on the registers of the 155W Abertillery Employment Exchange and Youth Employment Office who had been unemployed for more than eight weeks.