§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the Minister of Labour how many unskilled labourers were registered as unemployed at Metropolitan Employment Exchanges on 12th January; how many men transferred 232W from distressed areas outside the Metropolitan area have been found work in the Royal parks or elsewhere under schemes organised and paid for out of national funds; how many weeks' work is guaranteed the transferred men; what provision has been made to house these workmen; and is it proposed to arrange for the return fare of these men if, when the works are finished, they should find themselves out of employment?
§ Mr. BETTERTON,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 4th February, 1929, column 1394, Vol. 224], supplied the following information:
At 21st January, 1929 (the only date in January for which figures are available), there were 44,115 adult unskilled labourers on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Greater London.