§ 20. Mr. HICKSasked the Minister of Labour the numbers of men, women, boys, and girls registered as unemployed at the Woolwich Employment Exchange on the latest convenient date in 1933 and for the same period in 1932, giving separate figures for the various trades or occupations?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONAs the reply includes tables of figures, I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement:
§ at the Brixton Employment Exchange on the latest convenient date in 1933 and for the same period in 1932, giving separate figures for the various trades or occupations?
529§ Sir H. BETTERTONAs the reply includes tables of figures I will, if I may,
| unemployed Persons (Insured and Uninsured) on the Registers of the Brixton Employment Exchange. | ||||||||
| Date. | Men. | Boys. | Women. | Girls. | Total. | |||
| 25th January, 1932 | … | … | … | 6,807 | 252 | 2,191 | 156 | 9,406 |
| 23rd January, 1933 | … | … | … | 6,930 | 183 | 2,019 | 140 | 9,272 |
| Insured Persons recorded as Unemployed in the principal industry classifications at the Brixton Employment Exchange. | |||||
| Industry. | Men. | Boys. | Women. | Girls. | Total. |
| 25th January, 1932. | |||||
| Distributive Trades | 1,429 | 77 | 753 | 50 | 2,309 |
| Building | 1,774 | 8 | 11 | — | 1,793 |
| Hotel, Boarding House, etc., Service | 503 | 11 | 596 | 11 | 1,121 |
| Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding | 224 | 12 | 163 | 2 | 401 |
| Road Transport (other than tramway and omnibus services). | 247 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 264 |
| General Engineering | 222 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 249 |
| 23rd January, 1933. | |||||
| Distributive Trades | 1,509 | 49 | 533 | 44 | 2,135 |
| Building | 1,819 | 7 | 9 | — | 1,835 |
| Hotel, Boarding House, etc., Service | 501 | 9 | 426 | 12 | 948 |
| Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding | 230 | 18 | 112 | 7 | 367 |
| Road Transport (other than tramway and omnibus services). | 309 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 325 |
| General Engineering | 353 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 388 |