§ 40. Mr. SCURRasked the Minister of Labour how many men and women, respectively, were on the Employment Exchange registers for the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney for the years 1922, 1923 and 1924; the total amount of unemployment benefit paid for the same period; and how many of the male recipients were ex-service men?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDAs the reply includes a number of figures, I will, with the lion. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
| Date (end of month). | Number recorded on the registers of the Stepney Employment Exchange. | ||
| Men. | Women. | ||
| 1922 | March | 6,601 | 1,868 |
| June | 5,449 | 854 | |
| September | 5,677 | 802 | |
| December | 6,259 | 1,462 | |
| 1923 | March | 6,498 | 1,555 |
| June | 7,070 | 1,236 | |
| September | 5,980 | 1,175 | |
| December | 6,771 | 1,617 | |
| 1924 | March | 6,153 | 1,176 |
| June | 6,476 | 981 | |
| September | 6,547 | 1,037 | |
| December | 6,592 | 1,677 |
§ Regular periodic information as to the number of ex-service men included in the above figures is not available, but as a result of a special census taken on 24th March, 1924, there were found to be 2,258 men of this category registered as
1310§ unemployed at the Stepney Employment Exchange.
§ The approximate amounts of unemployment benefit (including an estimated figure for benefit paid through associations) paid in the area in the years 1922, 1923 and 1924 were £268,000, 2270,000 and £288,000, respectively.