HC Deb 14 May 1936 vol 312 cc529-30
2. Mr. G. HALL

asked the Minister of Labour the number of individual and household removals of unemployed persons and their families arranged by the Ministry of Labour from South Wales to other areas during each of the last three years, together with those of the first two months of 1936?

Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEAD

As the reply contains a number of figures, I will, if I may, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the reply:

The number of persons from South Wales and Monmouthshire for whom the Department found employment in other areas during each of the years 1933 to 1935, and the first two months of 1936, is as follows:—

1933 3,585
1934 4,726
1935 8,421
1936 (January and February) 1,583

The exact number of families assisted to remove from South Wales and Monmouthshire is not known, but estimates for the periods mentioned are as follow:

1933 200
1934 400
1935 1,200
1936 (January and February) 300

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