§ 36. Mr. Sextonasked the Minister of Labour the number of insured persons on the register in the area served by the Middleton-in-Teesdale Employment Exchange, County Durham, on 31st January, 28th February, and 31st March, respectively, in 1931; and the corresponding number of persons signing on as unemployed?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAs the reply includes a number of figures, I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the statement:
The number of insured persons in any area can be ascertained only once in each year on the basis of the number of unemployment books exchanged by insured persons at the annual exchange of books beginning in July. At the July, 1931, exchange of books 540 unemployment books were exchanged by insured persons, aged 16–64, at the Middleton-in-Teesdale Employment Exchange. The numbers of insured persons aged 16–64 recorded as unemployed at that Exchange in the first three months of 1931 were as follow:
| 26th January, 1931 | … | 171 |
| 23rd February, 1931 | … | 158 |
| 23rd March, 1931 | … | 150 |