24. Mr. T. THOMSONasked the Minister of Labour if he will give particulars of the maximum and minimum rates of unemployment in the building trades during each of the last five years and during the current year?
§ Mr. SHAWAs the reply is in tabular form, I will, with the permission of the hon. Member, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ Highest and lowest monthly rates of unemployment among insured work-people in the building industry record[...]d in the years 1918 to 1923, and in the first four months of 1924:
| Highest. | Lowest. | ||||
| 1918 | … | … | … | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| 1919 | … | … | … | 11.4 | 4.2 |
| 1920 | … | … | … | 7.3 | 2.0 |
| 1921 | … | … | … | 19.8 | 8.8 |
| 1922 | … | … | … | 21.5 | 14.2 |
| 1923 | … | … | … | 20.l | 11.3 |
| 1924 | … | … | … | 14.9 | 8.7 |