§ 33 and 34. Mr. G. TERRELLasked the Minister of Labour (1) the number of applications registered at the Employment Exchanges in Brighton for domestic servants; (2) the number of women on the books at Brighton who have been in service as domestic servants and who are now in receipt of unemployment pay?
§ Sir R. HORNEI will answer the questions together. The number of women, registered for domestic services at Brighton who drew unemployment pay for the week ending 4th April was 480, and the number of applications for domestic servants at the same date was 380. I am making inquiry as to the facts underlying these figures, and I will communicate the result to the hon. Member. Meanwhile I may say that the category of domestic service includes hotel and institution servants, day girls, caretakers, charwomen, cleaners, etc., as well as domestic indoor servants. The numbers of registrations and applications in the last-mentioned class were 54 and 23, respectively.