§ Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Labour the number of skilled men and labourers, respectively, employed and unemployed, in the ship-repairing industry in Hull, in January and June this year.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodStatistics of employment in the detail required are available for quarterly dates only. In February, 1959, the number of operatives employed on ship-repairing work at establishments in the Hull area from which returns were received was about 2,600, of whom about 1,600 were skilled workers 97W and 1,000 were labourers and general workers. The corresponding total in May was 2,400, including 1,450 skilled workers and 950 labourers and general workers.
The total number of men and boys in the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industry registered as unemployed at employment exchanges in the Hull area was 396 at 12th January, 331 at 9th February, and 392 at 11th May. An analysis of these figures according to skill is not available.