§ Lieut-Commander Maydonasked the Minister of Labour the latest numbers of people registered as unemployed, and the numbers of unfilled vacancies, in Somerset, for the districts of Glastonbury and Street, Wells, Frome, Shepton Mallet, and Wincanton, compared with numbers a year ago, together with the numbers of
NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND NUMBERS OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED IN APRIL, 1958 AND 1959, AT THE UNDER-MENTIONED EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES Street Wells Frome Shepton Mallet Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females (1) Total number registered as unemployed: 14th April, 1959 … 110 34 49 6 103 22 49 14 13th April, 1959 … 88 22 50 3 121 22 51 13 (2) Number (included in (1) above) who had been continuously unemployed for more than two months *: 14th April, 1959 … 24 6 23 — 39 11 32 8 8th April, 1959 … 17 12 27 1 76 9 30 6 (3) Unfilled vacancies: 9th April, 1959 … 16 23 58 57 45 28 37 6 8th April, 1959 … 27 12 43 29 70 31 20 17 * The monthly statistics of unemployment do not distinguish the numbers who had been unemployed for more than three months.