§ Mr. TREVELYANasked the Minister of Labour what the figures for unemployment are from July, 1923, to the present date in Great Britain, the North-Eastern area, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, respectively, in continuation of the Return given on 31st July, 1923?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following table gives the information desired:
NUMBER of Persons on the Registers of Employment Exchanges in the Areas stated. Date Great Britain. North Eastern Area. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Elswick and Heaton 1923. May 7th 1,235,488 210,344 20,797 June 4th 1,220,394 215,173 20,911 July 2nd 1,225,937 220,259 19,736 July 16th 1,215,765 224,158 20,149 August 6th 1,228,541 229,929 19,838 September 3rd 1,275,396 247,172 20,530 October 1st 1,290,092 254,212 20,285 November 5th 1,286,300 253,760 19,984 December 3rd 1,237,505 242,501 18,791 1924. January 7th 1,267,675 235,625 18,739 February 4th 1,248,475 227,735 18,181 March 3rd 1,134,742 197,425 17,164 April 7th 1,044,246 178,147 16,309 May 5th 1,040,660 180,505 18,450 June 2nd 1,002,915 174,405 15,997 July 7th 1,024,551 191,556 17,238 August 4th 1,080,234 206,245 18,121 September 1st 1,162,880 225,110 17,865 October 6th 1,215,575 239,602 18,517 November 3rd 1,228,023 243,480 15,736 December 1st 1,190,254 239,687 15,786 1925. January 5th 1,307,140 258,503 15,732 February 2nd 1,238,287 253,368 15,683 March 2nd 1,235,618 268,261 16,365 April 6th 1,166,353 271,864 17,372 May 4th 1,180,479 275,993 17,712 June 1st 1,247,306 305,543 16,286 July 6th 1,300,350 329,443 18,876 The hon. Member will note that revised figures have been given above in respect of the four dates in 1923 to which his previous question in July of that year related. The reason for this is that since March, 1924, the published figures of unemployment include a number of persons who were working systematic short time, but were not actually at work on the date of the return. As the figures previously given to the hon. Member did 1555W not include such persons, comparable figures on the revised basis have been inserted for his information.