HC Deb 28 May 1924 vol 174 cc442-3W
Mr. T. THOMSON

asked the Minister of Labour what was the percentage of unemployment in the building trades from 1900 to 1914?

Mr. SHAW

The only comparable percentages of unemployment in the building trades for the period in question are

BUILDING TRADES.
Percentage* unemployed at the, end of each month among members of certain Trade Union reporting to the Ministry of Labour.
Year. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual Mean.
1900 … 2.7 3.1 2.6 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 2.1 2.5 3.3 4.2 2.5
1901 … 4.7 5.2 4.7 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.5 5.2 3.7
1902 … 5.0 5.9 4.5 3.5 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.8 4.4 4.6 5.9 4.3
1903 … 6.4 5.5 4.1 3.4 3.3 4.3 3.8 3.6 4.4 5.7 6.3 7.7 4.9
1904 … 7.9 7.4 7.0 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.4 7.3 8.4 10.1 11.2 7.7
1905 … 11.5 10.0 8.5 7.9 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.7 7.3 8.6 8.7 9.6 8.4
1906 … 10.3 9.8 8.1 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.5 6.3 7.6 6.7 8.4 7.2
1907 … 9.0 8.6 6.8 5.5 5.5 6.1 6.1 5.6 6.9 8.l 9.0 10.9 7.3
1908 … 11.6 11.3 10.7 9.9 9.9 9.7 11.0 10.3 11.9 13.6 13.1 14.9 11.5
1909 … 15.1 13.9 13.3 11.4 9.6 10.9 10.4 10.0 10.9 11.3 10.4 12.9 11.7
1910 … 13.7 10.6 8.9 7.4 7.4 6.8 6.4 5.7 7.6 9.0 9.5 10.6 8.6
1911 … 9.9 8.3 6.5 5.1 3.6 4.2 4.0 4.0 2.9 3.1 3.4 4.9 5.0
1912 … 5.4 5.0 6.2 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 4.2 4.2
1913 … 5.8 4.6 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 2.7 3.4 3.2 3.5 4.8 3.8
1914 … 5.9 5.2 4.3 3.4 2.7 2.9 3.2 7.4 5.7 3.0 1.8 2.1 4.0
*Based on returns relating to woodworkers and plumbers, the former constituting the bulk of the membership

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