§ 18 and 19. Mr. THURTLEasked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he is in a position to state how many insured persons in Shoreditch are at present being dealt with by the Unemployment Assistance Board;
(2) the total number of unemployed men and women, respectively, in the Shoreditch area at the end of November or at the nearest date for which the figures are available?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe total numbers of unemployed men and women, aged 18 and over, resident in the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, on the registers of Employment Exchanges at 25th November, 1935, were 2,976 and 908 respectively. Statistics showing the numbers of these persons who were applying for unemployment allowances are not available, but of the total of 5,306 men and 1,505 women registered at the Shoreditch Employment Exchange as unemployed at 25th November, 1,961 men and 142 women were applying for unemployment allowances.