HC Deb 23 June 1930 vol 240 cc797-8
63. Sir ASSHETON POWNALL

asked the Minister of Labour at the latest available date, the number of unemployed in Lewisham; and what was the figure a year before?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR

(Mr. Lawson): At 16th June, 1930, there were 2,201 persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges who were resident in the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham as compared with 1,416 at 17th June, 1929.