§ 54. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement, by sexes and trades, of the numbers of unemployed persons in the City and County of Aberdeen now as 149W compared with the corresponding figures during each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. WhitelawI regret that the information is not readily available and would take a considerable time to produce. In an endeavour to assist the
INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN ABERDEEN AND THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE 10th February, 1964 Industry Aberdeen Aberdeen County excluding Aberdeen Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture and Horticulture … 147 11 158 276 32 308 Fishing … 161 — 161 158 — 158 Bacon curing, meat, and fish products … 103 75 178 110 183 293 Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing … 43 2 45 19 — 19 Spinning and doubling of cotton flax and man-made fibres … 27 40 67 1 — 19 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … 51 1 52 4 — 4 Timber … 126 15 141 22 2 24 Construction … 285 1 286 131 2 133 Sea Transport … 107 — 107 25 — 25 Distributive Trades … 327 246 573 86 82 168 Entertainment and Sport … 70 17 87 6 — 6 Catering, Hotels, etc. … 105 74 179 14 33 47 Private Domestic Service … 5 36 41 11 52 63 Local Government Service … 162 34 196 16 4 20 Other Industries and Services … 633 365 998 237 160 397 Total, all Industries and Services … 2,352 919 3,269 1,116 550 1,666 150W
11th February, 1963 Industry Aberdeen Aberdeen County excluding Aberdeen Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture and Horticulture … 151 17 168 300 17 317 Fishing … 166 — 166 299 — 299 Bacon curing, meat, and fish products … 88 49 137 132 123 255 Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing … 405 3 408 26 1 27 Spinning and doubling of cotton flax and man-made fibres … 25 31 56 — 1 1 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … 95 1 96 16 — 16 Timber … 127 3 130 60 1 61 Construction … 794 1 795 583 2 585 Sea Transport … 154 — 154 27 — 27 Distributive Trades … 371 242 613 98 80 178 Entertainment and Sport … 63 16 79 4 3 7 Catering, Hotels, etc. … 133 92 225 22 25 47 Private Domestic Service … 12 34 46 6 57 63 Local Government Service … 196 23 219 25 1 26 Other Industries and Services … 924 336 1,260 296 166 462 Total, all Industries and Services … 3,704 848 4,552 1,894 477 2,371 hon. and learned Gentleman, I circulate the following tables which contain an analysis of unemployment by industry and sex for February 1962, 1963 and 1964, and by sex only for February 1954.
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12th February, 1962 Industry Aberdeen Aberdeen County excluding Aberdeen Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture and Horticulture … 124 4 128 207 19 622 Fishing … 225 — 225 928 — 928 Bacon curing, meat, and fish products … 69 50 119 91 136 227 Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing … 137 2 139 26 — 26 Spinning and doubling of cotton flax and man-made fibres … 35 18 53 1 — 1 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … 53 1 54 2 — 2 Timber … 100 1 101 26 — 26 Construction … 273 4 277 189 3 192 Sea Transport … 166 — 166 19 2 21 Distributive Trades … 296 176 472 90 66 156 Entertainment and Sport … 59 7 66 3 6 9 Catering, Hotels, etc. … 107 67 174 8 21 29 Private Domestic Service … 12 28 40 2 50 52 Local Government Service … 149 23 172 16 4 20 Other Industries and Services … 846 319 1,165 251 135 386 Total, all Industries and Services … 2,651 700 1,351 1,859 442 2,301
PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN ABERDEEN AND THE REST OF ABERDEENSHIRE AT 15TH FEBRUARY, 1954 Aberdeen Aberdeen County excluding Aberdeen Males Females Total Males Females Total 2,382 833 3,215 308 28 336