§ 33. Mr. MACPHERSONasked the Minister of Labour whether he can give the numbers of insured persons under the National Health and Unemployment Insurance Acts in Orkney and Shetland, Caithness, Sutherland, Rossshire, Invernessshire, Argyllshire and Morayshire, respectively: and what percentage of the population of each county this figure represents in each case?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDI am having a table prepared giving the information asked for by the right hon. Member, and will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT
§ Following is the statement:
| Area | National insurance Acts | Unemployment insurance Acts | |||
| Estimated No. Insured,* | Percentage of Total Populations. | Estimated No. Insured ‡ | Percentage of Total Populations. | ||
| Orkney | … | 3,474 | 14.5 | ||
| Shetland | … | 4,050 | 15.9 | 5,2290 | 10.7 |
| Caithness | … | 5,404 | 19.1 | 3,900║ | 13.8 |
| Sutherland | … | 3,128 | 17.6 | ║ | — |
| Ross shire§ | … | 13,780 | 19.5 | 4,930║ | 7.0 |
| Inverness-shire | … | 18,535 | 22.3 | 10,760 | 13.1 |
| Argyllshire | … | 15,173 | 19.8 | 8,560 | 11.1 |
| Morayshire | … | 13,2191† | 26.51† | 5,010 | 12.1 |
| * The figures are based on the mean of the four quarterly counts taken by Insurance Committees in the areas in question in 1924 | |||||
| †Including Nairn; the Counties of Moray and Nairn, being served by one National Health Insurance Committee, health insurance figures for Moray alone are not available | |||||
| ‡ The figures are approximate. I is not practicable to apportion with strict accuracy the numbers for Exchange Areas on the borders of two counties | |||||
| § Including Cromarty | |||||
| ║ Unemployment Insurance figures for Sutherland cannot be given; they are included partly in those for Caithness and partly in those for Ross-shire |