§ Mr. de Freitasasked the Minister of Labour the latest figures of unemployment and short-time working in Lincoln 131W and Lincolnshire, respectively; and how these figures compare with a year ago.
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN LINCOLN AND LINCOLNSHIRE RESPECTIVELY AT 17TH MARCH, 1958, AND 9TH MARCH, 1959 Date Lincoln Rest of Lincolnshire Wholly Unemployed Temporarily Stopped Wholly Unemployed Temporarily Stopped 17th March, 1958 … … … 702 109 5,278 301 9th March, 1959 … … … 721 — 5,554 386 The "temporarily stopped" are persons working short-time or otherwise temporarily suspended who were not at work on the Monday to which the figures relate and who were registered at employment exchanges and youth employment offices. Precise figures of the number working short-time are not available.