§ 5. Mr. TINKERasked the Minister of Labour if she is in a position to state what are the figures at the end of the first quarter for 1930, or the last available figures for 1930, of the males and females, separately stated, who are on the unemployed register at the Employment Exchanges, and the figures for the corresponding date in 1929; and will she state the percentages compared with the employed?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 30th June, 1930, there were 1,403,374 males and 487,201 females on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain as compared with 917,390 males and 224,992 females at 1st July, 1929. At 23rd June, 1930, the percentage rates of unemployment among insured males and females in Great Britain were 15.8 per cent. and 15.1 per cent., respectively, as compared with 10.7 per cent. and 6.5 per cent. at 24th June, 1929.
§ 13. Mr. CLARKEasked the Minister of Labour the number of females at present registered at the Employment 591 Exchanges in the United Kingdom and the number registered in the year 1913; and what percentage of the working population these represent in each case?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 30th June, 1930, there were 487,201 females on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain, representing 15.1 per cent. of the number of females insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts at July, 1929. Comparable figures in respect of 1913 are not available.
§ Miss BONDFIELDNo.
§ Mr. HARDIEIs it not possible for the Minister to give figures showing the changes that have taken place since 1914 which have increased or decreased the number of women?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe reply to a previous question gives that information very clearly.