§ 11. Mr. Lyonsasked the Minister of Labour the amount standing to the credit of the Insurance Fund at 1st January, 1937, or the latest convenient date?
| The following Table shows the numbers of unemployed persons, aged 14 years and over, on the Registers of the undermentioned Employment Exchanges at a date in December of each year from 1924 to 1936. | ||||||
| Date. | Maesteg. | Pontycymmer. | Ogmore Vale. | Aberkenfig. | Bridgend. | |
| 22nd December, 1924 | … | 1,053 | 156 | 783 | 730 | 308 |
| 21st December, 1925 | … | 840 | 551 | 435 | 384 | 577 |
| 20th December, 1926 | … | 896 | 1,695 | 390 | 423 | 1,463 |
| 12th December, 1927 | … | 1,598 | 1,269 | 426 | 846 | 742 |
| 17th December, 1928 | … | 2,302 | 1,649 | 583 | 662 | 844 |
| 16th December, 1929 | … | 1,516 | 782 | 473 | 625 | 754 |
| 15th December, 1930 | … | 2,083 | 632 | 575 | 614 | 945 |
| 14th December, 1931 | … | 3,816 | 1,631 | 636 | 679 | 1,049 |
| 19th December, 1932 | … | 3,997 | 1,352 | 1,987 | 772 | 1,133 |
| 18th December, 1933 | … | 3,298 | 1,497 | 2,008 | 739 | 1,100 |
| 17th December, 1934 | … | 3,439 | 1,166 | 913 | 698 | 1,031 |
| 16th December, 1935 | … | 2,993 | 982 | 871 | 786 | 1,263 |
| 14th December, 1936 | … | 2,618 | 949 | 780 | 706 | 1,120 |