HC Deb 19 December 1928 vol 223 c3001
56. Mr. POTTS

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department as representing the First Commissioner of Works the amount expended on Employment Exchanges (including. divisional offices) in respect of new works, alterations, additions, and purchases for the years 1926–27 and 1927–28, respectively, and the estimated amount for the year 1928–29?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for HOME AFFAIRS (Lieut.-Colonel Sir Vivian Henderson)

The figures are as follow:

Expenditure, 1926–27 … £136,162
Expenditure, 1927–28 … £207,131
Estimate for 1928–29 … £205,000
ESTIMATED Numbers of Insured Persons and Numbers unemployed in Great Britain at the beginning of July, 1924 and 1928.
Industry. 1924.(a) 1928.(b)
Estimated Number of Insured Persons at beginning of July. Insured Persons unemployed at end of June. Difference between Cols. 2 and 3, Estimated Number of Insured Persons at beginning of July. Insured Persons unemployed at end of June. Difference between Cols. 5 and 6.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Productive:
Coal Mining 1,259,200 59,728 1,199,472 1,115,750 299,449 816,301
Building 713,530 56,239 657,291 802,200 77,869 724,331
Other productive industries. 5,984,870 660,985 5,323,885 5,985,770 597,935 5,387,835
Non-productive industries (c) 3,445,910 267,588 3,178,322 3,725,280 249,897 3,475,383
All Industries—Insured Persons:
Aged 16 and over 11,403,510 1,044,540 10,358,970
Insured persons aged 16 to 64. 11,074,000 1,020,000 10,054,000 11,629,000 1,225,150 10,403,850
(a) Figures include persons aged 65 and over.
(b) Relates to persons aged 16 to 64 inclusive.
(c) Includes the following industries and services:—transport and communication; distributive trades; commerce, banking, insurance and finance; national and local government; professional services; entertainments and sports; hotel, boarding house and club services; and laundries, dyeing, and dry cleaning.