HC Deb 06 December 1928 vol 223 c1399
59. Mr. HAMMERSLEY

asked the Minister of Labour the average number, during the two calendar years 1926 and 1927, of unemployed insured men and women in the coal-mining industry, in the textile trades, and in the engineering trades, respectively; and the proportions of unemployed insured women to unemployed insured men in these three industries, respectively, over this period?

Mr. BETTERTON

It has not been possible in the time available to tabulate

MEN AND WOMEN 18–64 years of age insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts and recorded as unemployed in Great Britain.
— Cotton. Woollen and Worsted. All Industries.
Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total.
(a) Estimated number insured at July, 1928. 182,720 324,670 507,390 90,710 129,870 220,580 7,907,000 2,747,600 10,654,600
(b) Average number recorded as unemployed.* 20.269 38,551 58,820 11,416 15,681 27,097 1,011,512 206,818 1,218,330
Ratio—numberof men to number of women.
(a) Numbers insured 100 177.7 — 100 143.2 — 100 34.7 —
(b) Number recorded as unemployed.* 100 190.2 — 100 137.4 — 100 20.4 —
* The figures represent averages for the three years 1926 to 1928 based on statistics for January and July of each year, except for 1926, when, in view of the effect of the coal mining dispute, July has been omitted.