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Mr. Prentice
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the average number of registered dock workers for whom no work has been available since 1st October, 1961, for the country as a whole, and separately for each of the ports at which the National Dock Labour Board operates.
Mr. Hare
The following information has been supplied by the National Dock Labour Board:
| AVERAGE NUMBER OF REGISTERED DOCK WORKERS FOR WHOM NO WORK WAS AVAILABLE DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1ST OCTOBER, 1961 AND 9TH DECEMBER, 1961 | ||
| — | Number | Percentage of Register |
| All Ports | 10,824 | 15·6 |
| Tyne and Wear | 416 | 27·8 |
| Middlesbrough and Hartlepool | 159 | 12·2 |
| Hull and Goole | 732 | 15·1 |
| Grimsby and Immingham | 411 | 21·5 |
| Wash ports | 53 | 9·3 |
| East Anglia | 42 | 21·6 |
| London | 4,043 | 14·5 |
| Medway and Swale | 42 | 11·0 |
| South Coast | 357 | 15·7 |
| Plymouth | 44 | 31·9 |
| Cornwall | 35 | 16·6 |
| Bristol and Severn | 204 | 9·6 |
| South Wales | 649 | 27·1 |
| Liverpool | 2,331 | 16·2 |
| Garston | 215 | 29·8 |
| Manchester | 255 | 9·5 |
| Preston | 49 | 11·6 |
| Fleetwood | 60 | 22·0 |
| Barrow | 30 | 39·5 |
| Cumberland | 60 | 46·2 |
| Ayrshire | 50 | 30·5 |
| Greenock | 89 | 32·1 |
| Glasgow | 230 | 10·0 |
| Aberdeen | 95 | 17·0 |
| East Scotland | 173 | 10·1 |