asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of unemployed in Shrewsbury to the latest convenient date; and what proportion of this number is unemployed in the full sense and what proportion represents persons changing employment.
186 at 14th June. It is not possible to classify these into the two categories mentioned in the Question, but 79 of the total had been continuously on the registers for not more than four weeks.
asked the Minister of Labour what categories of persons are registered as unemployed in Shrewsbury.
The following table gives an analysis of the numbers unemployed at 14th June, according, to the industry in which they were last employed:
| NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF THE SHREWSBURY EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AT 14TH JUNE, 1954. | |||
| Industry | Males | Females | Total |
| Distributive trades | 21 | 12 | 33 |
| Building and civil engineering contracting | 15 | — | 15 |
| National Government service | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Local Government service | 12 | — | 12 |
| Catering, hotels, etc. | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Agriculture, horticulture, etc. | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Metal goods manufacture | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| All other industries and services | 52 | 34 | 86 |
| Total, all industries and services | 127 | 59 | 186 |
asked the Minister of Labour the average number of unemployed registered in Shrewsbury for each year since the war.
The average numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of the Shrewsbury employment exchange were as follows:
| 1945 (July—December) | 59 |
| 1946 | 102 |
| 1947 | 197* |
| 1948 | 141 |
| 1949 | 174 |
| 1950 | 207 |
| 1951 | 167 |
| 1952 | 179 |
| 1953 | 208 |
| 1954 (January—June) | 224 |
| * The figures for February and March, 1947, were abnormally high owing to the fuel and power crisis. If the figures of those two months were omitted the average for the year would be 127. | |