HC Deb 19 December 1928 vol 223 c3005
22. Mr. ROBINSON

asked the Minister of Labour the percentage of unemployment before a, district is classed as a depressed area; and whether this percentage is greater than that used for the classification of a distressed area?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

Neither of these terms, so far as I am aware, is used in a precise statistical sense, so that the question can hardly arise of there being any difference in figures between them.