§ Mr. C. EDWARDSasked 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.