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79.
Mr. Piratin
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish figures showing month by month for the last three years, the numbers of men registering but not employed in the London docks.
Mr. Isaacs
Following is the information:
| AVERAGE NUMBER OF REGISTERED DOCK WORKERS PROVING ATTENDANCF DAILY AT LONDON DOCKS | ||||||||
| 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | ||||||
| Number of men | Per cent. of register | Number of men | Per cent. of register | Number of men | Per cent. of register | |||
| January | … | … | 852 | 2·9 | 223 | 0·8 | 446 | 1·6 |
| February | … | … | 1,469 | 5·0 | 260 | 0·9 | 1,614 | 5·4 |
| March | … | … | 3,131 | 10·5 | 1,211 | 4·5 | 2,472 | 8·5 |
| April | … | … | 2,693 | 9·1 | 1,898 | 7·0 | 2,818 | 9·8 |
| May | … | … | 3,155 | 10·7 | 889 | 3·2 | 3,599 | 12·5 |
| June | … | … | 1,373 | 4·6 | 831 | 3·0 | 2,087 | 7·3 |
| July | … | … | 2,684 | 9·0 | 287 | 1·0 | 1,408 | 5·0 |
| August | … | … | 2,417 | 8·1 | 391 | 1·4 | 1,944 | 7·0 |
| September | … | … | 2,179 | 7·3 | 641 | 2·3 | 3,408 | 12·3 |
| October | … | … | 3,475 | 11·8 | 2,217 | 7·9 | 4,348 | 15·8 |
| November | … | … | 3,045 | 10·6 | 1,561 | 5·6 | 3,377 | 12·3 |
| December | … | … | 977 | 3·6 | 279 | 1·0 | 1,502 | 5·5 |
| Average For Year | … | … | 2,304 | 7·9 per cent. | 889 | 3·7 per cent. | 2,417 | 8·6 per cent. |