HC Deb 25 June 1925 vol 185 c1707
76. Mr. G. HALL

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of miners unem-

NUMBERS OF PERSONS in the Coal Mining Industry registered as Unemployed in the Administrative Areas of the Ministry of Labour.
End of Month. South Eastern. South Western, Mid-lands. North Eastern. North Western, Scotland. Wales. Great Britain.
1924.
End of June … 205 2,787 13,949 13,024 6,245 10,705 12,813 59,728
July … 844 2,511 13,776 29,568 8,438 18,157 12,968 86,262
August … 935 4,566 11,518 34,968 10,172 15,069 19,923 97,151
September … 833 2,455 7,179 43,207 10,073 13,409 25,883 103,039
October … 832 3,938 8,022 46,468 8,528 13,226 48,980 129,994
November … 1,437 1,579 8,754 36,709 10,836 14,034 40,200 113,549
December … 635 1,568 8,824 32,753 10,927 11,722 32,715 99,144
1925.
End of January … 544 1,866 7,500 31,061 9,812 14,113 35,165 100,061
February … 400 1,318 7,851 42,774 7,617 24,810 46,145 130,915
March … 374 1,042 8,122 61,549 7,886 26,319 42,968 148,260
April … 290 1,822 10,587 51,140 12,498 30,798 38,889 146,024
May … 263 2,978 28,285 65,049 20,730 35,478 46,371 199,154
A considerable proportion of those included in these figures were persons who, though not actually at work on the date of the Return, were intermittently working short-time.