§ 31. Mr. Ridleyasked the Minister of Labour how many men disabled in the European War are registered as unemployed, their failure to secure employment being wholly or partly due to their War disabilities?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe number of disabled ex-service men registered at Employment Exchanges in Great Britain as unemployed on 4th October, 1937, was 28,592. This total includes 15,659 men whose disabilities do not prevent them from following their usual occupations under ordinary industrial conditions; the remaining 12,933 men are affected in their choice of employment by their War disabilities, but I am afraid that I cannot say in how many cases their unemployment is the result of their disabilities.