HC Deb 22 February 1940 vol 357 c1499
3. Mr. W. Joseph Stewart

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons transferred from the county of Durham from 1932 up to the most recent date?

The Minister of Labour (Mr. Ernest Brown)

In the answer to a Question by the hon. Member on the 16th May, 1939, I gave the figures of persons transferred from the county of Durham for each year from 1932 to 1938 inclusive. The corresponding figures for the six months January to June, 1939, are 2,719 men, 1,236 women, 453 boys and 836 girls: total 5,244. Later figures are not available.