§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed and the percentage that this represented at the New Year and in March in the area of Dumbarton.
Mr. lain MacleodThere were 934 persons registered as unemployed at Dumbarton Employment Exchange and Youth Employment Office at 12th January and 784 at 9th March. It is not possible to compute unemployment percentage rates for Dumbarton separately, but for the Alexandria, Dumbarton, Bowling and Helensburgh Employment Exchange areas combined, the percentage rates of unem-10W Offences of robbery increased by 38 per cent. to 1,157.
The total number of persons found guilty of indictable offences increased by 12.2 per cent. compared with the first three-quarters of 1957. The increase among persons aged 17 and under 21 was 26.7 per cent. and among persons aged 14 and under 17 it was 17.5 per cent.