§ 16. Captain MACMILLAN (for Viscountess ASTOR)asked the Minister of Labour the average number of persons registered as unemployed in 1928; whether these were the same individuals; and, if not, the number of separate individuals who registered during the year?
§ Mr. BETTERTONIn 1928, the average number of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain was 1,231,109. Only a small proportion of this total consisted of the same individuals throughout the year. The total number of separate individuals on the register at some time or other during the year was about 4½ millions, or nearly four times the average number at any one date.