§ 43 and 44. Mr. HAYDAYasked the Minister of Labour (1) how many persons were removed from the unemployment registers through death in the years ending December, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924, respectively;
(2) how many persons were temporarily taken off the unemployment registers through sickness in the years ending December, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924, respectively?
§ Sir A. STEEL - MAITLANDNo statistics are available showing the number of persons removed from the registers of Employment Exchanges through death or sickness.
§ Mr. HAYDAYMay I point out that one of my questions deals with removals through death, and the other with temporary removals in consequence of sickness. Does the right hon. Gentleman wish to convey to the House that no statistics are kept at the Exchanges showing the reasons for removal from the registers of unemployment?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDNo. All I mean is that the information is tabulated in different ways, and so far as I know there would have to be a tabulation going through all the different records. There are not at present tables with regard to such a case as the temporary removal for sickness.
§ Mr. HAYDAYThe right hon. Gentleman is confusing in his answer the two questions. The first asks the number removed through death. There can be only one way of registering that removal. The second question is as to the number of temporary removals through sickness. Surely there are some means of measuring this.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Member had better repeat the question in another form.
| INDEX NUMBERS of Fluctuations of Employment in Manufacturing Industries in the United States of America—1919–1924. | |||||||||
| (Monthly Average for 1923–100.) | |||||||||
| Month. | 1919. | 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | |||
| January | … | … | … | 110˙1 | 116˙1 | 76˙8 | 87˙0 | 98˙0 | 95˙4 |
| February | … | … | … | 103˙2 | 115˙6 | 82˙3 | 87˙7 | 99˙6 | 96˙6 |
| March | … | … | … | 140˙0 | 116˙9 | 83˙9 | 83˙2 | 101˙8 | 96˙4 |
| April | … | … | … | 103˙6 | 117˙1 | 84˙0 | 82˙4 | 101˙8 | 94˙5 |
| May | … | … | … | 106˙3 | 117˙4 | 84˙5 | 84˙3 | 101˙8 | 90˙8 |
| June | … | … | … | 108˙7 | 117˙9 | 84˙9 | 87˙1 | 101˙9 | 87˙9 |
| July | … | … | … | 110˙7 | 110˙0 | 84˙5 | 86˙8 | 100˙4 | 84˙8 |
| August | … | … | … | 109˙9 | 109˙7 | 85˙6 | 88˙0 | 99˙7 | 85˙0 |
| September | … | … | … | 112˙1 | 107˙0 | 87˙0 | 90˙6 | 99˙8 | 86˙7 |
| October | … | … | … | 106˙8 | 102˙5 | 88˙1 | 92˙6 | 99˙3 | 87˙9 |
| November | … | … | … | 110˙0 | 97˙3 | 89˙4 | 94˙5 | 98˙7 | 87˙8 |
| December | … | … | … | 113˙2 | 91˙1 | 89˙9 | 96˙6 | 96˙9 | 89˙4 |