asked the Minister of Labour if he will give a schedule show- ing the number of unemployed in the main industries of the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire, showing separately unemployment due to fuel shortage and comparative figures for March and April.

The following table shows the numbers of insured persons registered as unemployed in the East and West Ridings Region at 10th March and 14th April. Separate figures of unemployment due to the fuel shortage are not available.

Industry	10th March.	14th April.
Agriculture	1221	568
Steel Melting and Iron Puddling, etc.	2,954	1,445
Engineering, etc	3,419	2,378
Construction and Repair of Motor Vehicles, Cycles and Aircraft.	1495	1203
Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing.	389	516
Coalmining	660	415
Railway Service	710	531
Cotton	2,111	207
Woolen and Worsted	25,268	9,704
Textile Bleaching, Printing, etc.	4,049	2,334
Tailoring	894	884
Building	9,362	1,709
Civil Engineering Construction.	1,469	602
Distributive Trades	2,690	2,202
Hotel, Boarding House, Catering, etc., Service.	975	830
National Government Service.	1,655	1,242
Local Government Service	1,129	917
All other industries and Services.	22,220	12,090
TOTAL, all industries and services.	82,670	39,777

At 10th March some of the workpeople who were stood off from employment owing to the fuel crisis were receiving wages under guaranteed week and other arrangements and consequently did not register as unemployed. The estimated number in the East and West Ridings was approximately 10,000.