§ 3. Mr. Mortasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons coming within the purview of the Swansea Employment Exchange; and the industries at which they are engaged?
§ Mr. E. BrownAs the reply includes a table of figures, I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the Official Report.
§ Following is the statement:
§ The latest available information on this subject is that derived from the annual exchange of unemployment books in July, 1939. The table below shows the approximate numbers of unemployment books exchanged by insured persons, aged 14–64, at the Swansea Employment Exchange (including also Swansea Docks and Swansea Juvenile Employment Bureau) at that date, classified according to the industries in which the persons concerned were engaged (or, if unemployed at that date, the industries in which they had last been employed):
682| Industry. | Approximate Number of Unemployment Books Exchanged. |
| Distributive Trades | 8,720 |
| Building | 2,500 |
| Public Works Contracting | 2,320 |
| Tinplate Manufacture | 2,260 |
| Dock, Harbour, Canal, etc., Service | 2,250 |
| Brass, Copper, Zinc, Tin, etc., Manufacture | 2,000 |
| Shipping Service | 1,720 |
| Tramway and Omnibus Service | 1,560 |
| Local Government Service | 1,460 |
| Hotel, Boarding House, etc., Service | 1,070 |
| Miscellaneous Metal Industries | 880 |
| Gas, Water and Electricity Supply | 880 |
| Professional Services | 780 |
| Construction and Repair of Motor Vehicles, Cycles and Aircraft | 600 |
| Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing | 560 |
| Other Industries and Services | 8,510 |
| Total | 38,070 |
§ 4. Mr. Mortasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registering at the Swansea Employment Exchange for unemployment benefit and unemployment assistance benefit, respectively, for the years 1934 to date?
§ Mr. BrownAs the reply includes a table of figures, I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the Official Report.
§ Following is the statement:
§ The available figures relate to the numbers of payments of unemployment insurance benefit and unemployment assistance allowances (or transitional payments). The table below shows the numbers of payments of insurance benefit and unemployment allowances made direct through the Swansea Employment Exchange (including Swansea Docks and Swansea Juvenile Employment Bureau), during one week in March of the years 1934 to 1940:
| Week ended. | Insurance benefit. | Unemployment Allowances. |
| 23rd March, 1934 | 3,763 | 4,310* |
| 29th March, 1935 | 4,520 | 4,750 |
| 27th March, 1936 | 4,892 | 5,677 |
| 19th March, 1937 | 3,204 | 5,202 |
| 18th March, 1938 | 4,822 | 4,525 |
| 17th March, 1939 | 4,406 | 4,969 |
| 15th March, 1940 | 2,976 | 2,794 |
| * The figure for 1934 relates to transitional payments. |