HC Deb 14 April 1920 vol 127 cc1653-6
15. Mr. ROBERT YOUNG

asked the Minister of Labour the number of firms in each great centre of industry who have signed the King's circular to employ their quota of disabled soldiers, and if he can state the number of disabled soldiers still unprovided for?

Sir M. BARLOW

The total number of establishments on the King's National Roll at present is 14,144. The names of the firms up to 31st December, 1919, are given in the first edition of the Roll, which has been published, and copies of which have been sent to hon. Members. An analysis of the Roll by centres of industry could not be made without great labour, but I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement showing the number of firms on the Roll for each county. The number of ex-service disabled men on the live registers of Employment Exchanges at 1st April was 25,700, as compared with 30,000 at 5th March and 39,600 at 9th January.

The following is the statement referred to:—

ENGLAND.
Bedfordshire … … … 132
Berkshire … … … 75
Buckinghamshire … … … 45
Cambridgeshire … … … 70
Cheshire … … … 278
Cornwall … … … 12
Cumberland … … … 47
Derbyshire … … … 188
Devonshire … … … 97
Dorsetshire … … … 51
Durham … … … 193
Essex … … … 334
Gloucestershire … … … 186
Hampshire … … … 130
Herefordshire … … … 61
Hertfordshire … … … 109
Huntingdonshire … … … 15
Isle of Man … … … 1
Isle of Wight … … … 5
Kent … … … 396
Lancashire … … … 1,830
Leicestershire … … … 284
Lincolnshire … … … 181
London … … … 1,806
Middlesex … … … 261
Norfolk … … … 152
Northamptonshire … … … 188
Northumberland … … … 108
Nottinghamshire … … … 396
Oxfordshire. … … … 26
Rutlandshire … … … 1
Shropshire … … … 140
Somersetshire … … … 102
Staffordshire … … … 1,359
Suffolk … … … 128
Surrey … … … 298
Sussex … … … 249
Warwickshire … … … 759
Westmorland. … … … 9
Wiltshire … … … 47
Worcestershire … … … 458
Yorkshire … … … 1,605
Total, England … … … 12,812
SCOTLAND.
Aberdeen … … … 23
Aberdeenshire … … … 6
Argyle … … … 4
Ayrshire … … … 30
Banffshire … … … 1
Berwickshire … … … 2
Caithness … … … 4
Clackmannon … … … 6
Dumfries … … … 36
Dundee … … … 12
Dumbartonshire … … … 18
Edinburgh … … … 306
Fifeshire … … … 26
Forfarshire … … … 39
Glasgow … … … 155
Haddington … … … 8
Inverness … … … 10
Kirkcudbright … … … 6
Kincardineshire … … … 1
Linlithgowshire … … … 3
Morayshire … … … 7
Midlothian … … … 1
Peebles … … … 19
Perthshire … … … 19
Orkney Isles … … … 1
Renfrewshire … … … 47
Ross-shire … … … 2
Roxburgh … … … 23
Selkirk … … … 30
Stirlingshire … … … 22
Wigtown … … … 3
Lanarkshire … … … 64
Total, Scotland … … … 934
WALES.
Anglesey … … … 6
Brecknockshire … … … 4
Carmarthenshire … … … 12
Carnarvonshire … … … 16
Denbighshire … … … 84
Flintshire … … … 18
Glamorganshire … … … 188
Merionethshire … … … 8
Monmouthshire … … … 40
Montgomeryshire … … … 15
Pembrokeshire … … … 6
Radnorshire … … … 1
Total, Wales … … … 398

Captain LOSEBY

Can the hon. Gentleman say when the second edition of this revised Roll will be published?

Sir M. BARLOW

I am not in a position to say when it will be published, but I understand that it is being undertaken.

Mr. LUNN

Would the hon. Gentleman show specially in his analysis how the local authorities and Government Departments have adopted this Roll?

Sir M. BARLOW

I am not quite certain on what basis the analysis is being prepared, but perhaps, if it does not satisfy my hon. Friends opposite, they will put a question down about it, and we will endeavour to satisfy them.

Captain LOSEBY

Will this revised Roll be published according to towns and districts?

Sir M. BARLOW

I was not aware that any promise had been given to that effect, but, of course, if it has been given, it will be carried out.