§ 6 and 7. Lord SCONEasked the Minister of Labour (1) the numbers and professions of unemployed persons registered at Perth Employment Exchange to the nearest convenient date;
(2) if he will state, to the nearest convenient date, the numbers and professions of the unemployed persons registered at the Employment Exchanges in Perthshire?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONAs the reply includes a table of figures, I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement:
479| Insured persons recorded as unemployed at Employment Exchanges in Perthshire on 24th October, 1932. | ||||
| Industry. | Perth Employment Exchange. | Other Employment Exchanges in Perthshire. | ||
| Building | … | … | 318 | 240 |
| Public Works Contracting | … | … | 265 | 187 |
| Distributive Trades | … | … | 248 | 138 |
| Laundries, Dyeing and Dry Cleaning | … | … | 138 | 10 |
| Hotel, Boarding House, etc. Service | … | … | 82 | 55 |
| All other industries and services | … | … | 1,331 | 545 |
| Total | … | … | 2,382 | 1,175 |