HC Deb 20 July 1939 vol 350 c686
8. Mr. Charles Brown

asked the Minister of Labour the number of men above 50 years of age who are now unemployed, and the number who have been unemployed for more than a year at the Employment Exchanges at Mansfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield?

Mr. E. Brown

As the reply includes a table of figures, I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

The table below shows the numbers of unemployed men, aged 50 years and over, on the registers of the Mansfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield Employment Exchanges (inluding East Kirkby) at 1st May, 1939, the numbers of applicants for benefit or unemployment allowances, and the numbers of such applicants continuously unemployed for a year or more.

at the Dewsbury Employment Exchange. The corresponding figures for 12th June, 1939, were 1,682 men and 532 women.