HC Deb 15 July 1935 vol 304 c743
27. Mr. MAINWARING

asked the Minister of Labour the number of insured workers (males) registered at the employment exchanges of Ferndale, Porth, Tonypandy, and Treorchy, respectively, placing

Last spell of Un employment. Ferndale. Porth. Tonypandy. Treorchy.
Less than 12 months … … … 3,379 1,907 1,646 2,805
1 year but less than 2 years … … 475 560 619 804
2 years but less than 3 years … … 816 313 625 766
3 years but less than 4 years … … 293 477 418 361
4 years but less than 5 years … … 402 360 858 669
5 year or over … … … … 387 315 871 327
Total … … 5,752 3,932 5,037 5,732

Of the persons who had been on the registers for extended periods, a proportion, which will increase as the period on the register increases, will have had one or more short spells of employment, lasting not more than three days each. As regards the second part of the question, the numbers of insured males, agd 16–64, recorded as unemployed at these exchanges at 24th June, 1935, expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers, aged 16–64, insured at July, 1934, in the areas of the same exchanges, were as follows:

Ferndale Employment Exchange 79.9
Porth Employment Exchange 45.1
Tonypandy Employment Exchange 46.5
Treorchy Employment Exchange 36.4