§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number 61W of persons, by sexes and trades, unemployed in the city of Aberdeen now and at the corresponding dates in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. HareThe tables, which are given below, contain figures of unemployment by sexes for each November from 1952 to 1962 and the analysis by industry and sex for 1962. The analysis by industry is not readily available for previous years, and I regret that it would involve a disproportionate amount of staff time to produce.
The following are the tables:
NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT ABERDEEN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AT THE UNDER-MENTIONED DATES Males Females Total 10th November, 1952 … 2,029 804 2,833 16th November, 1953 … 1,845 760 2,605 15th November, 1954 … 1,550 700 2,250 14th November, 1955 … 1,679 631 2,310 12th November, 1956 … 1,914 621 2,535 11th November, 1957 … 2,117 684 2,801 17th November, 1958 … 2,795 877 3,672 16th November, 1959 … 2,802 809 3,611 14th November, 1960 … 2,301 610 2,911 13th November, 1961 … 2,241 609 2,850 12th November, 1962 … 2,293 755 3,048
INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT ABERDEEN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AT 12TH NOVEMBER, 1962 Industry Males Females Total Agriculture and Horticulture 112 10 122 Fishing 164 — 164 Bacon Curing, Meat and Fish Products 59 46 105 Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing 124 2 126 Spinning and Doubling of Cotton Flax and Man-made Fibres 21 14 35 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 51 — 51 Timber 72 1 73 Construction 266 5 271 Sea Transport 129 1 130 Distributive Trades 250 209 459 Entertainment and Sport 50 8 58 Catering, Hotels, etc. 116 79 195 Private Domestic Service 14 21 35 Local Government Service 170 23 193 Other Industries and Services 695 336 1,031 Total, All Industries and Services 2,293 755 3,048