§ Mr. Prenticeasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the average number of registered dock workers for whom no work has been available since 1st October, 1961, for the country as a whole, and separately for each of the ports at which the National Dock Labour Board operates.
§ Mr. HareThe following information has been supplied by the National Dock Labour Board:
AVERAGE NUMBER OF REGISTERED DOCK WORKERS FOR WHOM NO WORK WAS AVAILABLE DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1ST OCTOBER, 1961 AND 9TH DECEMBER, 1961 — Number Percentage of Register All Ports 10,824 15.6 Tyne and Wear 416 27.8 Middlesbrough and Hartlepool 159 12.2 Hull and Goole 732 15.1 Grimsby and Immingham 411 21.5 Wash ports 53 9.3 East Anglia 42 21.6 London 4,043 14.5 Medway and Swale 42 11.0 South Coast 357 15.7 Plymouth 44 31.9 Cornwall 35 16.6 Bristol and Severn 204 9.6 South Wales 649 27.1 Liverpool 2,331 16.2 Garston 215 29.8 Manchester 255 9.5 Preston 49 11.6 Fleetwood 60 22.0 Barrow 30 39.5 Cumberland 60 46.2 Ayrshire 50 30.5 Greenock 89 32.1 Glasgow 230 10.0 Aberdeen 95 17.0 East Scotland 173 10.1