§ Mr. Barnettasked the Minister of Labour how many workers in the cotton textile and man-made fibre industry are registered as unemployed; what is the number of known vacancies; and what were the comparable figures in each of the past six months.
§ Mr. FernyhoughFollowing is the information for Great Britain for the spinning and doubling of cotton, flax and man-made fibres and the weaving of cotton, linen and man-made fibres (Minimum List Headings 412 and 413 of the Standard Industrial Classification). This
Heywood Royton Littleborough Unemployed Vacancies Unemployed Vacancies Unemployed Vacancies March, 1967 … 346 37 185 7 26 14 February, 1967 … 64 34 209 12 49 8 January, 1967 … 44 47 43 33 132 9 December, 1966 … 38 45 65 16 14 22 November, 1966 … 30 64 27 32 6 26 October, 1966 … 38 77 24 36 8 47 September, 1966 … 16 97 5 36 5 40 The numbers registered as unemployed who last worked in these industries have been expressed as percentages of the total estimated numbers of employees for Hey-wood and Littleborough. As Royton and Shaw form a "travel to work" area, percentages can be calculated for the area as a whole but not separately for its constituent parts. The Percentages were:
212Wshows the total numbers registered as unemployed who last worked in these industries and the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled:
Unemployed Vacancies March, 1967 … 9,315 1,565 February, 1967 … 9,198 1,387 January, 1967 … 7,045 1,807 December, 1966 … 6,044 1,833 November, 1966 … 4,883 2,283 October, 1966 … 2,892 3,070 September, 1966 … 3,522 3,533
§ Mr. Barnettasked the Minister of Labour how many workers in the cotton textile and man-made fibre industry are registered as unemployed; what is the number of known vacancies in Heywood, Royton, Crompton, Milnrow, Wardle, Littleborough and Whitworth; what were the comparable figures in each of the past six months; and what percentage of the total labour force in each of these towns these figures represent.
§ Mr. FernyhoughInformation is available for Heywood, Royton and Little-borough, each of which has its own Employment Exchange, but not for Crompton, Milnrow, Wardle and Whitworth which form only parts of Employment Exchange areas. Following is the information for the spinning and doubling of cotton, flax and man-made fibres and the weaving of cotton, linen and manmade fibres (Minimum List Headings 412 and 413 of the Standard Industrial Classification), showing the total numbers registered as unemployed who last worked in these industries and the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled:
213W
Heywood Royton and Shaw Little-borough March, 1967 … 3.06 2.78 0.46 February, 1967 … 0.57 2.52 0.86 January, 1967 … 0.39 2.08 2.33 December, 1966 … 0.34 1.63 0.25 November, 1966 … 0.27 0.41 0.01 October, 1966 … 0.34 0.27 0.01 September, 1966 … 0.14 0.05 0.01