HC Deb 20 April 1959 vol 604 cc9-10W
88. Mr. Hamilton

asked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the unemployment figures for Burntisland, Fife, in each of the last eight years.

Mr. lain Macleod

Following are the figures:

sumably has in mind registered dock workers for whom no work was available. These men are not registered as unemployed and therefore are not in the unemployment figures already quoted. The number of them is analysed according to groups of docks and no figures are available for West Ham. If the hon. Member would like to have the figures for London Docks as a whole, or for any particular groups of London docks, I will gladly obtain them for him.

Following is the table:

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