§ 12. Major NATHANasked the Minister of Labour the average weekly number of persons registered as unemployed at the Employment Exchanges in Great Britain for each of the years between 1921 and 1929, both inclusive?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAs the reply includes a number of figures I will, with the hon. and gallant Member's permission, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The following table shows the average weekly number of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain.
| Year. | Average Numbers on Registers. | |||
| 1921 | … | … | … | 1,825,015* |
| 1922 | … | … | … | 1,552,606 |
| 1923 | … | … | … | 1,289,575 |
| 1924 | … | … | … | 1,130,979 |
| 1925 | … | … | … | 1,239,637 |
| 1926 | … | … | … | 1,401,891* |
| 1927 | … | … | … | 1,111,771 |
| 1928 | … | … | … | 1,231,109 |
| 1929 | … | … | … | 1,230,164 |
| * The figures are affected by the dispute in the coal mining industry but are exclusive of persons disqualified for benefit by reason of the dispute. |