§ 14. Mr. DAGGARasked the Minister of Labour the number of days lost because of unemployment for each of the years 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. R.S. Hudson)It is estimated that the total number of working days lost, owing to unemployment, by insured persons recorded as unemployed in Great Britain, was approximately 590,000,000 in 1930, 810,000,000 in 1931, 850,000,000 in 1932, and 760,000,000 in 1933, out of a total possible working time, for the whole insured population, averaging about 3,800,000,000 days per annum during that period.