§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Labour what are the present numbers of men and women unemployed; and whether he can give any estimate of the number of persons working short time?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDAt 15th February there are 893,653 men and 179,734 women on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain. Of these 68,528 men and 1,152 women were in casual occupations. Of those engaged in non-casual occupations 701,226 men and 106,344 women were wholly unemployed, while 123,899 men and 72,238 women were temporarily stopped from the service of 549W their employers. This last group includes persons on short time who were not at work at the date of the count.