§ MR. CHIOZZA MONEYI beg to ask the Prime Minister if he will state how many persons were shown by the census of 1901 to be engaged in the occupations covered by the trade unions reporting on unemployment to the Board of Trade; and what is the number of such persons unemployed, on the presumption that the condition of employment amongst those not belonging to trade unions is the same as amongst those reported upon to the Board of Trade.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. CHURCHILL,) DundeeThe number of adult persons employed in the United Kingdom in 1901 in occupations covered by the tirade unions, which report the percentage of unemployed members to the Board of Trade, was approximately 2,500,000, and the arithmetical result of applying to the total of such persons in each occupation the percentage of unemployed returned by the corresponding trade unions is about 200,000.