§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Minister of Labour (1) if he will state the number of unemployed workers in Salford at the latest available date compared with the.
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF THE SALFORD EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE Males Females Total Date Wholly Unemployed Temporarily Stopped* Wholly Unemployed Temporarily Stopped* 13th January, 1958 … 937 19 184 63 1,203 8th December, 1958 … 1,397 163 321 223 2,104 12th January, 1959 … 1,494 56 375 163 2,088 * The "temporarily stopped" are persons working short-time or otherwise temporarily stood off who were not at work on the days to which the figures relate and were registering at the Employment Exchange and Youth Employment Office. Statistics of the total numbers on short-time in the area are not available.
§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of workers unemployed in Salford at the latest available date in engineering, textiles, rubber, the docks and other main industries concerned.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe following Table gives the information desired.
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NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF THE SALFORD EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AT 12TH JANUARY, 1959, WHOSE LAST EMPLOYMENT WAS IN THE UNDERMENTIONED INDUSTRIES Industry Males Females Total Non-electrical Engineering 90 17 107 Electrical Machinery and Electrical Goods 67 27 94 Textile Industries 96 192 288 Rubber 33 7 40 Port, River and Canal Transport 23 — 23 Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing 63 — 63 Dressmaking 43 45 88 Building and Civil Engineering Contracting 289 — 289 Sea Transport 64 — 64 Distributive Trades 151 40 191 Catering, Hotels, etc 34 34 68 All other Industries and Services 597 176 773 Total, All Industries and Services 1,550 538 2,088 previous month and also with the corresponding date last year;
(2) if he will state the number of workers on short time in Salford at the latest available date compared with the previous month and also with the corresponding date last year.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe following Tables give the information desired, so far as it is available.