§ 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 January, 1962, for the country as a whole and separately for each of the ports at which the National Dock Labour Board operates.
§ Mr. GreenThe 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 1ST JANUARY, 1962 TO 10TH FEBRUARY, 1962. — Number Percentage of Register All Ports 7,225 10.6 Tyne and Wear 382 25.8 Middlesbrough and Hartlepool 150 11.8 Hull and Goole 626 13.1 Grimsby and Immingham 371 19.7 Wash Ports 124 22.6 East Anglia 19 10.6 London 2,722 9.9 Medway and Swale 44 11.6 South Coast 363 17.2 Plymouth 29 21.3 Cornwall 33 15.9 Bristol and Severn 97 4.7 South Wales 480 20.5 Liverpool 812 5.8 Garston 116 16.6 Manchester 119 4.6 Preston 31 7.5 Fleetwood 37 14.2 Barrow 24 32.4 Cumberland 58 45.0 Ayrshire 53 32.9 Greenock 87 32.0 Glasgow 188 8.3 Barton 68 13.0 East Scotland 192 11.3