§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Minister of Labour what were the number and percentage of persons unemployed in the Stornoway area at the latest count; and what were the numbers in Barra, South Uist and North Uist, respectively.
COAL PRODUCTIVITY AND MANPOWER* North Western Division Great Britain — Output per manshift (overall) Average manpower Output per manshift (overall) Average manpower cwt. thousands cwt. thousands 1951 … … … 21.6 56.5 24.8 689.1 1952 … … … 21.2 58.9 24.5 706.2 1953 … … … 21.8 59.4 24.9 707.5 1954 … … … 22.0 58.7 24.9 701.8 1955 … … … 22.1 58.2 24.7 698.7 1956 … … … 22.4 58.2 24.8 697.4 1957 … … … 22.4 57.7 24.9 703.8 1958 … … … 23.4 56.2 25.6 692.7 1959 … … … 25.1 51.9 26.9 658.2 1960 … … … 26.6 45.4 28.0 602.1 1961 … … … 26.2 41.8 28.9 570.5 1962 … … … 28.9 40.0 31.2 550.9 1963 … … … 30.2 36.8 33.0 523.8 Week ended 8th February, 1964† 32.0 39.0 34.9 509.0 * Certain of the earlier figures have been adjusted to make them more comparable with the later figures (see page 19 of Ministry of Power Statistical Digest, 1962). † In the figures for 1964 the North Western division includes the Cumberland area (formerly in Northern division). In 1963 the figures shown exclude Cumberland; the Cumberland area and the rest of North Western division together employed 40.5 thousand men and had an average output per manshift of 29.6 cwts. in 1963.