HC Deb 25 July 1929 vol 230 cc1450-2
4 and 5. Major NATHAN

asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether she will state, for each month from January, 1924, onwards, the number of persons unemployed in Bethnal Green and the number of persons, at the latest available date, who have exhausted their right to, unemployment benefit;

(2) whether she will state, for each month from January, 1924, onwards, the number of persons unemployed in West Ham and the number of persons, at the latest available date, who have exhausted their right to unemployment benefit?

Miss BONDFIELD

The only figures I can give are those for the numbers of persons on the registers, and as these take the form of tables I will, with the hon. and gallant Member's permission, circulate them in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I should add that, in the case of Bethnal Green, figures are only available from February, 1929. As there is now no numerical limit to the number of days of benefit that may be drawn provided that the minimum contribution qualification is satisfied, there is no group of persons who can be described as having "exhausted benefit."

Major NATHAN

Can the Minister explain how it comes to (be that the figures for Bethnal Green are only available since February of this year?

Miss BONDFIELD

Because that is the date when the new area was arranged.

Following are the tables:

PERSONS resident in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green on the registers of Employment Exchanges.
— Men. Women. Juveniles. Total.
1929.
25th February … … … 2,603 480 65 3,148
11th March … … … 2,533 470 63 3,066
15th April … … … 2,145 395 73 2,613
13th May … … … 2,178 388 62 2,628
17th June … … … 2,215 397 46 2,658
15th July … … … 2,274 404 47 2,725

PERSONS on the REGISTERS of the Employment Exchanges at Canning Town and Stratford.
Date. Number. Date. Number.
1924. 1927.
14th January … … 21,588 17th January … … 13,542
11th February … … 20,846 14th February … … 13,847
17th March … … 19,663 14th March … … 12,894
14th April … … 19,572 11th April … … 12,280
12th May … … 18,898 16th May … … 11,516
16th June … … 18,161 13th June … … 11,005
14th July … … 17,747 11th July … … 11,222
11th August … … 18,142 15th August … … 10,989
15th September … … 17,855 12th September … … 10,660
13th October … … 19,805 17th October … … 11,992
17th November … … 19,802 14th November … … 12,103
15th December … … 18,849 12th December … … 11,978
1925. 1928.
12th January … … 19,340 16th January … … 12,521
16th February … … 20,213 13th February … … 11,628
16th March … … 19,981 12th March … … 10,911
13th April … … 18,856 16th April … … 10,491
11th May … … 19,217 14th May … … 11,079
15th June … … 17,535 11th June … … 10,545
13th July … … 17,182 16th July … … 11,089
17th August … … 16,394 13th August … … 10,838
14th September … … 16,112 17th S ptember … … 11,037
12th October … … 17,534 15th October … … 12,369
16th November … … 17,879 12th November … … 12,419
14th December … … 16,915 17th December … … 11,695
1926. 1929.
11th January … … 16,098 14th January … … 13,325
15th February … … 16,312 11th February … … 13,005
15th March … … 16,048 11th March … … 12,971
12th April … … 14,682 15th April … … 11,952
17th May … … 23,003 13th May … … 11,577
14th June … … 16,473 17th June … … 10,810
12th July … … 15,796 15th July … … 10,550
16th August … … 14,678
13th September … … 13,418
11th October … … 14,349
15th November … … 14,687
13th December … … 13,808