HC Deb 10 March 1932 vol 262 cc1952-3
2. Mr. KIRKWOOD

(for Mr. McGOVERN) asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of boys and girls under 18 years of age in the Glasgow area registered for employment at the Employment Exchanges?

Mr. HUDSON

At 22nd February, 1932, there were 4,275 boys and 3,118 girls under 18 years of age on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the Glasgow area.

3. Mr. KIRKWOOD

(for Mr. McGOVERN) asked the Minister of Labour the latest figures of unemployed men and women in the Shettleston parilamentary area; the figures for the whole of Glasgow; and the numbers in both cases for the same period during 1931?

Mr. HUDSON

As the reply includes a number of figures I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

The only figures available relate to the numbers on the registers of particular Employment Exchanges, and the areas served by these offices are not necessarily co-terminous with parliamentary divisions.

registered at the Tilbury Employment Exchange, and the number receiving unemployment benefit?

Sir H. BETTERTON

At 22nd February, 1932, there were 1,255 persons on the registers of the Tilbury Employment Exchange, including 1,230 persons whose claims to insurance benefit or applications for transitional payments had been admitted.

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