§ 38. Mr. J. E. SUTTON (for Mr. J. A. PARKINSON)asked the Minister of Labour the number of mine workers unemployed on 31st March, 1926, in the counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Notts and Derbyshire respectively?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDAt 22nd March, 1926, the latest date for which figures are available, the numbers of persons recorded as unemployed in the coal mining industry in the counties named in the question were: Lancashire, 11,408; Cheshire, 323; Yorkshire, 4,984; Notts, 889: Derbyshire, 821.