§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number and percentage of unemployed persons registered with the Camberley employment office; and how these figures are divided between the various employment categories.
§ Mr. GoldingAt 9th June, 1,098 people—797 males and 301 females—were registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Camberley employment office. Camberley is a part of the Weybridge travel-to-work area, which comprises the Weybridge, Camberley and Woking employment office areas. Unemployment rates are calculated only for the whole of this area and not separately for its constituent parts. At 9th June the provisional rate was 3.2 per cent.
The following table gives an industrial analysis of the number unemployed in Camberley at 12th May. The analysis 247W is based on the industry in which the unemployed last worked.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 31 Mining and Quarrying 3 Food, Drink and Tobacco 5 Coal and Petroleum Products 4 Chemicals and Allied Industries 31 Metal Manufacture 2 Mechanical Engineering 49 Instrument Engineering 9 Electrical Engineering 39 Vehicles, Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 14 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 7 Textiles 3 Leather, Leather Goods, and Fur 2 Clothing and Footwear 3 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 11 Timber, Furniture, etc. 4 Paper, Printing and Publishing 11 Other Manufacturing Industries 31 Construction 143 Gas, Electricity and Water 3 Transport and Communication 80 Distributive Trades 107 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services 39 Professional and Scientific Services 53 Miscellaneous Services 96 Public Administration and Defence 88 Not classified by Industry 149 All Industries and Services 1,017