HC Deb 16 April 1969 vol 781 cc264-7W
Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of Stale for Employment and Productivity if she will state by age, sex, and trade the numbers of unemployed persons in Aberdeen to the latest convenient date and showing each of the last five years.

Mr. Fernyhough

Following is the information:

11TH MARCH, 1968
Industry Men Boys Women Girls Total
Agriculture and Horticulture 68 1 2 71
Fishing 58 3 61
Bacon Curing, Meat and Fish Products 55 9 16 1 81
Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing 82 82
Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres 8 3 11
Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 20 1 21
Timber 16 4 20
Construction 241 2 2 245
Sea Transport 91 7 98
Distributive Trades 203 3 68 6 280
Entertainment and Sport 31 7 1 39
Catering, Hotels, etc. 68 2 22 2 94
Private Domestic Service 4 6 10
Local Government Service 158 1 159
Other Industries and Services 722 8 126 5 861
Total, all Industries and Services 1,825 39 254 15 2,133

13TH MARCH, 1967
Industry Men Boys Women Girls Total
Agriculture and Horticulture 64 2 66
Fishing 66 66
Bacon Curing, Meat and Fish Products 68 7 38 4 117
Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing 45 45
Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres 24 2 10 1 37
Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 22 1 23
Timber 27 3 1 31
Construction 231 2 2 1 236
Sea Transport 85 85
Distributive Trades 210 7 88 7 312
Entertainment and Sport 29 6 35
Catering, Hotels, etc. 63 2 39 1 105
Private Domestic Service 4 20 24
Local Government Service 126 11 2 139
Other Industries and Services 620 7 188 7 822
Total, all Industries and Services 1,684 30 405 24 2,143

14TH MARCH, 1966
Industry Men Boys Women Girls Total
Agriculture and Horticulture 64 2 66
Fishing 46 1 47
Bacon Curing, Meat and Fish Products 40 6 26 2 74
Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing 31 31
Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres 14 6 1 21
Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 18 4 22
Timber 30 2 1 33
Construction 120 5 1 126
Sea Transport 67 6 73
Distributive Trades 159 3 113 4 279
Entertainment and Sport 28 4 32
Catering, Hotels, etc. 59 2 32 93
Private Domestic Service 6 25 31
Local Government Service 91 14 105
Other Industries and Services 453 1 174 3 631
Total, all Industries and Services 1,226 25 403 10 1,664

8TH MARCH, 1965
Industry Men Boys Women Girls Total
Agriculture and Horticulture 117 1 3 121
Fishing 58 58
Bacon Curing, Meat and Fish Products 64 6 41 1 112
Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing 47 1 48
Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres 26 26
Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 31 31
Timber 68 3 71
Construction 264 7 3 1 275
Sea Transport 88 5 2 95
Distributive Trades 223 8 181 5 417
Entertainment and Sport 41 1 17 59
Catering, Hotels, etc. 77 1 67 3 148
Private Domestic Service 5 21 3 29
Local Government Service 141 16 157
Other Industries and Services 576 7 321 6 910
Total, all Industries and Services 1,826 39 673 19 2,557

16TH MARCH, 1964
Industry Men Boys Women Girls Total
Agriculture and Horticulture 114 6 8 128
Fishing 201 3 204
Bacon Curing, Meat and Fish Products 78 2 62 3 145
Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing 49 2 3 54
Spinning and Doubling of Cotton, Flax and Man-made Fibres 20 1 37 2 60
Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 50 50
Timber 81 2 83
Construction 282 2 2 286
Sea Transport 100 3 103
Distributive Trades 265 7 207 7 486
Entertainment and Sport 57 13 70
Catering, Hotels, etc. 108 1 56 4 169
Private Domestic Service 6 33 3 42
Local Government Service 143 27 170
Other Industries and Services 585 11 359 9 964
Total, all Industries and Services 2,139 40 807 28 3,014