HC Deb 30 April 1929 vol 227 c1385
50. Mr. CONNOLLY

asked the Minister of Labour if he can give the figures for the incidence of unemployment in the following trades for each month commencing

NUMBERS and PERCENTAGES of INSURED PERSONS classified as belonging to certain industries recorded as unemployed in Great Britain, January, 1928 to March, 1929.
Date. Shipbuilding and ship-repairing. Pig Iron. Steel melting and iron-pudding furnaces, iron and steel rolling mills and forges. Coal Mining. Canal, river, dock and harbour service.
1928. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent.
23rd Jan. 38,317 19.6 3,793 16.2 38,402 20.4 211,183 18.1 43,414 25.9
20th Feb. 39,318 20.1 3,314 14.2 36,211 19.3 215,442 18.5 46,389 27.7
26th Mar. 42,494 21.7 3,412 14.6 38,154 20.3 200,032 17.2 47,575 28.4
23rd Apr. 44,145 22.5 3,276 14.0 39,801 21.2 208,891 17.9 50,293 30.0
21st May 46,052 23.5 3,085 13.2 38,571 20.5 245,590 21.1 53,758 32.1
25th June 51,472 26.3 3,593 15.4 38,504 20.5 299,449 25.7 52,860 31.6
23rd July 52,987 27.7 4,693 21.2 43,493 24.4 324,932 29.1 53,936 32.2
20th Aug. 52,922 27.7 4,407 19.9 43,509 24.4 296,480 26.6 52,452 31.3
24th Sept. 58,466 30.6 4,292 19.4 39,281 22.0 251,080 22.5 53,741 32.1
22nd Oct. 63,711 33.3 3,622 16.4 40,212 22.5 280,010 25.1 52,657 31.5
20th Nov. 62,667 32.7 3,917 17.7 40,426 22.6 282,293 25.3 54,325 32.4
17th Dec. 58,265 30.4 4,224 19.1 35,337 19.8 212,984 19.1 51,142 30.5
1929.
21st Jan. 53,323 27.9 4,136 18.7 36,115 20.2 213,214 19.1 52,104 31.1
25th Feb. 49,998 26.1 3,572 16.1 35,334 19.8 170,435 15.3 55,656 33.2
25th Mar. 47,698 24.9 2,778 12.5 31,370 17.6 147,534 13.2 52,849 31.6