§ 24. Mr. GEORGE HALLasked the Minister of Labour the number of vacancies notified to the Employment Exchanges by employers and the number of persons placed in employment through the Employment Exchanges in England and Wales for the years 1924, 1925 and 1926?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDAs the reply includes a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement:
| NUMBER OF VACANCIES Notified to and Pilled by Employment Exchanges in England and Wales. | |||
| 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | |
| Vacancies notified. | 1,222,052 | 1,352,403 | 1,165,373 |
| Vacancies filled | 1,036,112 | 1,162,868 | 1,010,512 |
| APPLICATIONS TOR EXTENDED BENEFIT CONSIDERED BY LOCAL COMMITTEES. | ||||||||
| 13th January, 1925, to 11th January, 1920. | 12th January, 1926, to 10th January, 1927. | |||||||
| Area. | Applications considered | Applications recommended for | Applications considered. | Applications recommended for | ||||
| Allowance. | Dis-allowance. | Allowance | Dis-allowance. | |||||
| Stourbridge | … | … | 7,651 | 7,189 | 462 | 6,047 | 5,162 | 885 |
| Cradley Heath | … | … | 14,156 | 12,854 | 1,302 | 13,948 | 11,909 | 2,039 |
| Oldbury | … | … | 4,415 | 3,713 | 702 | 4,704 | 4,035 | 669 |
| Great Britain | … | … | 3.449,067 | 2,975,545 | 473,522 | 3,830,995 | 3,239,383 | 591,612 |