§ 63. Mr. Hector Hughesasked 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.
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§ Mr. MarshBelow 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 … … 957 274 301 205 455 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 … … 335 167 110 184 210 Remainder of Great Britain … … 1,181 623 458 487 574 TOTAL … … 10,504 5,062 4,299 5,130 6,355