§ 2 and 3. Mr. A. Hillsasked the Minister of Labour (1) how many persons are registered as unemployed in the Goole area who are normally engaged in agriculture and who come within the provisions of the agricultural scheme;
(2) how many persons are registered as unemployed in the Pontefract and Goole areas, respectively; and how many are in receipt of unemployment assistance at the latest date for which figures are available?
§ The Minister of Labour (Mr. Ernest Brown)The numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of the Pontefract and Goole Employment Exchanges at 13th June, 1938, were 1,831 and 1,006, respectively, of whom 440 and 266 had applications authorised for the payment of unemployment allowances. The total of 1006 for Goole included 105 persons who were insured under the agricultural scheme.