§ 5. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Labour what is the present number of persons registered as unemployed; whether he has any 825 estimate of the number of persons working short time; and whether he has any figures showing the number of persons out of employment but not on the unemployment register and refused extended benefit?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDAt 19th April, the number of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain was 1,106,400 of whom 337,100 were temporarily stopped from the service of their employers. I cannot give an estimate of the number of short-time workers not on the registers, nor have I any figures showing the number of unemployed persons refused extended benefit who are not included in the register figures.