§ 71. Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the estimated net migration of insured workers, male and female, and the total, from Hull during the last year for which figures are available; and what steps his 10W Department are taking to help them find employment and so stop the reduction in the city's population.
§ Mr. MarshI regret that the information asked for in the first part of the Question is not available. Our local officers do all they can to help those who register with them to find employment.
§ 72. Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of railway employees in the Hull area who, because of reduction of services, have been rendered redundant during the last year, and the numbers who have been found other employment or are unemployed.
§ Mr. MarshI understand from the Railways Board that 72 workers were affected and that 42 of them accepted the alternative employment offered by the Board. Information as to the number who have been found employment other than with the Railways Board is not available. On 9th November, 66 persons whose last employment was in railway service, either with the Railways or Docks Boards, were registered as un-employed at Hull Employment Exchange.