§ Dr. Brayasked the Minister of Labour what was the average number of wholly unemployed people, including those under 18 years of age, on Tees-side, including Billingham, Middlesbrough, Redcar, South Bank, Stockton and Thornaby, in each year from 1945 to 1963.
§ Mr. GodberI regret that the information is not readily available and would take a considerable time to produce. In an endeavour to assist I have had the figures prepared for the following years:
1945 2,147 1949 2,870 1962 7,349 1963 9,475 The figure for 1945, however, is not strictly comparable with later figures.