HC Deb 20 January 1931 vol 247 cc17-8
24. Sir KINGSLEY WOOD

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed at the last convenient date and the number for approximately the same date in 1929?

The MINISTER of LABOUR (Miss Bondfield)

At 5th January, 1931, there were 2,617,770 persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain as compared with 1,452,619 at 7th January, 1929.

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