HC Deb 16 March 1960 vol 619 cc102-4W
Mr. Callaghan

asked the Minister of Defence if the basis of comparison for Service pay, described in paragraph 5 of Command Paper No. 945, is the 19 broad groups of industries that comprise the Ministry of Labour six-monthly table of average weekly earnings, or a selection of such industries.

Mr. Watkinson

Changes in the pay of ratings, soldiers and airmen will be governed broadly by changes in the, average earnings and wages of men in

OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS OF ADULT WORKERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN THE GATESHEAD AREA AT 7TH DECEMBER, 1959
Occupation Men Women Total
Bricklayers 30 30
House and ship painters, paperhangers 33 33
Constructional fitters and erectors 20 20
Platers 38 38
Welders, burners and cutters 22 1 23
Stationary engine, etc., drivers, stokers, etc. 36 36
Toolmakers, precision fitters 54 54
Fitters (not precision), motor mechanics 23 23
Domestic workers in private service (excluding chauffeurs, gardeners, grooms, charwomen) 23 23
Motor or electric lorry, tractor, van, truck drivers 85 85
Packers, stowers, boxers, wrappers, fillers bottlers, canners 3 50 53
Colliery workers underground (excluding road men and haulage men) 31 31
Clerks (general and routine), timekeepers 42 33 75
Administrative, executive, professional, technical and scientific occupations 25 4 29
Labourers in building and civil engineering 114 114
Labourers: engineering and allied trades 189 189
Charwomen, cleaners (non-resident) 1 63 64
General labourers (heavy) 451 451
General labourers (light) 414 414
Factory workers, factory hands 29 69 98
All other occupations 428 205 633
TOTAL 2,068 448 2,516

57. Mr. Randall

asked the Minister of Labour how many boys and girls, respectively, left school at December, 1959, in the Gateshead district; and how many are still without employment.

Mr. Heath

Of 232 boys and 193 girls who left school at Christmas, 1959, 24 boys and two girls were still without work on 9th March.

Mr. Randall

asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the amount paid out in unemployment benefit for men and women, respectively, for the years 1958 and 1959 in the Gateshead district.

Mr. Heath

Payments of unemployment benefit made in the Gateshead district to men and women age 18 and over

the 19 Industry Groups that comprise the Ministry of Labour six-monthly table of average weekly earnings.

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