HC Deb 09 November 1964 vol 701 cc14-5W
63. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Minister of Labour what has been the number of unemployed shipyard workers in each shipbuilding area in the last 10 years; and what types of workers were involved.

Mr. Marsh

Below is a table showing the number of adult workers whose last employment was in the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry registered as unemployed in the principal shipyard areas in each June since 1954. Similar information about unemployed young

SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRING
Numbers of adult workers whose last employment was in the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry registered as unemployed at Employment Exchanges in the principal shipyard areas in Great Britain
Area June,1964 June,1963 June,1962 June,1961 June,1960 June,1959
Port of London 261 560 463 476 288 511
Southampton 165 471 632 522 884 834
Bristol and Avonmouth 9 40 21 17 38 52
South Wales 288 411 418 531 701 927
Falmouth 625 936 125 14 809 93
Hull 123 209 166 112 112 337
Merseyside 2,692 2,487 2,272 2,360 2,406 4,353
Barrow 57 100 70 73 47 79
Tyne and Blyth 1,546 2,029 1,111 1,001 1,633 1,910
Wear 733 1,378 711 543 1,101 768
Tees and Hartlepool 335 1,131 555 217 217 347
Scotland—Clyde 1,953 3,786 2,423 1,947 2,072 2,978
Scotland—East Coast 177 387 406 381 685 472
Remainder of Great Britain 967 1,489 1,086 785 987 1,315
TOTAL 9,931 15,414 10,459 8,979 11,980 14,976
Area June,1958 June,1957 June,1956 June,1955 June,1954
Port of London 894 204 189 159 242
Southampton 1,081 268 340 555 173
Bristol and Avonmouth 49 35 18 15 23
South Wales 957274 301 205 455
Falmouth 158 27 23 7 25
Hull 214 112 87 180 226
Merseyside 2,043 1,199 936 1,474 1,630
Barrow 50 29 39 47 72
Tyne and Blyth 933 413 482 443 881
Wear 440 257 363 186 291
Tees and Hartlepool 128 86 91 116 151
Scotland—Clyde 2,041 1,368 862 1,072 1,402
Scotland—East Coast 335 167 110184 210
Remainder of Great Britain 1,181 623 458 487 574
TOTAL 10,504 5,062 4,299 5,130 6,355