HC Deb 23 November 1926 vol 200 c221W
Mr. C. EDWARDS

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will furnish a Return showing, for the last convenient

Highest Rates of Unemployment. Lowest Rates of Unemployment.
Employment Exchange. Percentage Unemployed.* Employment Exchange. Percentage Unemployed.*
Cleator Moor 64.9 Chelmsford 1.2
Dowlais 61.3 Hendon 1.5
Jarrow 59.3 Braintree 1.5
Morriston 50.1 High Wycombe 1.8
Port Talbot 48.4 Eastbourne 2.1
Thornaby-on-Tees 48.0 Guildford 2.1
Middlesbrough 47.0 Harrow 2.4
Alexandria 46.9 Letchworth 2.7
Scunthorpe 46.5 Oxford 2.9
Hartlepoofs 45.4 Slough 3.3
Average for Great Britain 13.4 per cent.
* The term unemployed includes not only persons definitely without a job, but also, poisons suspended, stood off, or on short time and not at work on the day of the count. It should also be noted that it does not necessarily follow that an unemployed person registers at the same Employment Exchange as that from which he obtained his unemployment book, and the percentage of unemployment in any area is therefore subject to qualifications in this respect. The figures are exclusive of persons in the coal mining industry who ceased work on account of the dispute which commenced on 1st May, 1926.

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