§ 79. Mr. Callaghanasked the Minister of Transport how many merchant seamen are now unemployed; and what percentage this is of the total register.
§ Mr. Marples5,560 merchant seamen aged 18 years or over were registered as wholly unemployed on 10th December, 1962, the latest date for which figures are available. This is 4.1 per cent. of the 136,923 seamen on the register of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen at 30th November, 1962.