HC Deb 19 June 1930 vol 240 cc551-2
5. Mr. HACKING

asked the Minister of Labour the total number of male and female cotton operatives in the spinning and weaving sections who were registered as unemployed at the latest convenient date and at the corresponding date last year?

Miss BONDFIELD

As the reply is necessarily long and contains a number of figures, I will, if I may, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Department. 27th May, 1929. 26th May, 1930.
Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total.
Card and blowing room:
Wholly unemployed … … … 798 4,012 4,810 1,222 9,188 10,410
Temporarily stopped … … … 1,132 5,399 6,531 3,278 15,744 19,022
Total … … … 1,930 9,411 11,341 4,500 24,932 29,432
Spinning:
Wholly unemployed … … … 3,617 3,176 6,793 7,242 7,902 15,144
Temporarily stopped … … … 6,052 5,405 11,457 18,743 12,321 31,064
Total … … … 9,669 8,581 18,250 25,985 20,223 46,208
Beaming, winding and warping:
Wholly unemployed … … … 563 2,940 3,503 1,414 7,897 9,311
Temporarily stopped … … … 1,051 8,348 9,399 3,883 18,920 22,803
Total … … … 1,614 11,288 12,902 5,297 26,817 32,114
Weaving:
Wholly unemployed … … … 1,860 5,554 7,414 5,109 21,854 26,963
Temporarily stopped … … … 1,793 5,966 7,759 9,594 26,529 36,123
Total … … … 3,653 11,520 15,173 14,703 48,383 63,086
Other processess
Wholly unemployed … … … 444 233 677 837 377 1,214
Temporarily stopped … … … 400 416 816 1,167 586 1,753
Total … … … 844 649 1,493 2,004 963 2,967
Mr. HACKING

Is the right hon. Lady aware that there will probably be a reduction in the unemployment in the cotton industry owing to the advertisement which she has given to-day?

Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

Why are you not in cotton, in a white sheet?

Following is the reply:

The total number of insured persons aged 16 to 64, classified as belonging to the cotton textile industry, recorded as unemployed in Great Britain at 26th May, 1930, was 217,030, including 67,381 males and 149,649 females, as compared with a total of 77,780, including 25,194 males and 52,586 females at 27th May, 1929. It is not possible to furnish an analysis by occupations of these totals, but the following statement shows the numbers of men and women aged 18 and over classified as belonging to the various sections of the industry who were on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the 57 principal cotton trade centres at the same dates.