RECRUITS (UNEMPLOYED MEN).

HC Deb 23 February 1926 vol 192 c280

38. Mr. THURTLE

asked the Secretary of State for War what proportion of the troops recruited during the past year were unemployed at the time of their recruitment?

Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS

Records are only available in respect of the London area, where 60 per cent. of the recruits were unemployed at the time of their enlistment.