§ 2. Mr. WOMERSLEYasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed at the Grimsby Employment Exchange for the months of January 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1931, respectively?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAs the reply is in the form of a table, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. WOMERSLEYCan the right hon. Lady tell us whether there is a large increase in the number of unemployed?
§ Miss BONDFIELDNo, the numbers vary.
§ Following is the table:
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 26th January, 1931, there were 220,360 insured persons classified as belonging to the building industry recorded as unemployed in Great Britain.