§ 54. Mr. DAGGARasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed miners in Great Britain and South Wales, respectively, for each month from February, 1931, to February, 1932?
Mr. HUDSONAs the reply includes a table of figures I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement:
§ The following Table shows the numbers of insured persons in the Coalmining classification recorded as unemployed in each month since February, 1931, in Great Britain and in Wales and Monmouthshire:
| Date. | Great Britain. | Wales and Monmouthshire. | |
| 1931. | |||
| 23rd February | … | 240,300 | 67,156 |
| 23rd March | … | 293,158 | 64,593 |
| 27th April | … | 279,295 | 65,011 |
| 18th May | … | 289,251 | 83,802 |
| 22nd June | … | 378,633 | 79,451 |
| 27th July | … | 389,124 | 78,846 |
| 24th August | … | 330,091 | 75,509 |
| 21st September | … | 317,759 | 76,127 |
| 26th October | … | 303,979 | 76,917 |
| 23rd November | … | 283,954 | 77,495 |
| 21st December | … | 257,190 | 64,411 |
| 1932. | |||
| 25th January | … | 289,499 | 84,086 |
| 22nd February | … | 294,690 | 84,692 |
§ NOTE.—Separate figures for South Wales are not available except by special extraction.