§ 19. Mr. DAVID GRENFELLasked the Minister of Labour the number of men who have been employed through the Employment Exchanges in the Wales division in each of the last five years, with the percentage of men who have been given work on schemes promoted by local authorities with Government assistance?
§ 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:
§ The numbers of vacancies for men filled by Employment Exchanges in Wales were as follow:
| 1928 | … | … | … | … | 24,462 |
| 1929 | … | … | … | … | 39,598 |
| 1930 | … | … | … | … | 65,102 |
| 1931 | … | … | … | … | 93,419 |
| 1932 | … | … | … | … | 61,708 |
§ The average numbers of men employed on the main classes of Government-aided schemes in Wales were as follows:
| 1928 | … | … | … | … | 1,320 |
| 1929 | … | … | … | … | 1,003 |
| 1930 | … | … | … | … | 4,737 |
| 1931 | … | … | … | … | 7,690 |
| 1932 | … | … | … | … | 4,443 |