69. Mr. W. M. WATSONasked the Minister of Labour the number of registered unemployed at the separate Unemployment Exchanges in the County
| NUMBER of Insured Workpeople in certain Industries recorded as Unemployed at Employment Exchanges in the County of Fife at 24th January, 1927. | ||||||||
| — | Coal Mining. | Textile Industries. | Dock, Wharf; Canal etc. Service. | Building Trade. | Other Industries. | Total. | ||
| Anstruther | … | … | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 175 | 202 |
| Auchtermuchty | … | … | 5 | 77 | 1 | 15 | 73 | 171 |
| Burntisland | … | … | — | 3 | 82 | 13 | 268 | 366 |
| Cowdenbeath | … | … | 2,701 | 42 | — | 23 | 293 | 3,059 |
| Cupar | … | … | 15 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 91 | 155 |
| Dunfermline | … | … | 960 | 292 | 2 | 125 | 1,036 | 2,415 |
| Inverkeithing | … | … | 4 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 400 | 435 |
| Kincardine | … | … | 114 | 12 | — | — | 32 | 158 |
| Kirkcaldy | … | … | 2,346 | 62 | 24 | 182 | 832 | 3,446 |
| Leslie | … | … | 29 | 7 | — | 22 | 53 | 111 |
| Leven | … | … | 482 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 465 | 1,166 |
| Newburgh | … | … | — | 5 | 1 | 8 | 67 | 81 |
| St. Andrews | … | … | 1 | 1 | — | 38 | 86 | 126 |
| Tayport | … | … | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 102 | 129 |
| Total (Co. Fife) | … | 6,660 | 594 | 193 | 600 | 3,973 | 12,020 |