§ 13. Mr. LAWSONasked the Minister of Labour the industries affected by increased unemployment during last month and the figures for each industry?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONStatistics for 23rd May in respect of all the insured industries are not yet available. A complete analysis will be published in the issue of the Ministry of Labour Gazette for the current month on 18th instant.
§ Mr. LAWSONCan the right hon. Gentleman give us an indication as to which were the chief industries affected?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONA limited number of industries were mentioned in the announcement made at the time. The last unemployment figures were issued but of course, it was only a limited num- 2083 ber and represented only a rough calculation. The actual figures will appear in the next issue of the Ministry of Labour Gazette.
§ Mr. KIRKWOODWill the right hon. Gentlemen inform the House when this boom in industry is coming along?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONWe should all like to know that.
| Administrative Divisions in which the numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges at 23rd May, 1932, showed an increase as compared with 25th April, 1932. | ||||||
| Division. | Increase (—) or decrease (—) | |||||
| Wholly Unemployed. | Temporarily Stopped. | Total. | ||||
| South Western | … | … | … | —1,539 | +3,193 | +1,654 |
| Midlands | … | … | … | —1,085 | + 10,635 | + 9,550 |
| North Eastern | … | … | … | +230 | + 25,876 | + 26,106 |
| Northwestern | … | … | … | —8,523 | +68,082 | +59,559 |
| Scotland | … | … | … | —2,202 | + 5,271 | + 3,069 |