§ 28. Mr. RAMSBOTHAMasked the Minister of Labour if she will state how many persons were employed in industry in May, 1929, and in May, 1914, respectively?
§ Miss BONDFIELDIt is estimated that in May, 1923, the earliest date for which figures are at present available, there were 9,277,000 insured persons aged 16 to 64 in employment in Great Britain, as compared with 10,259,500 in May, 1929. I regret that, as the present extended scheme of unemployment insurance was not in operation in 1914, no precise statistical comparison with that year is, therefore, possible.