§ Mr. BARKERasked the Minister of Labour (1) the number registered as unemployed at the various Employment Exchanges in the county of Monmouth at the latest available date;
592W(2) the number on the live register at the Employment Exchanges of Blaina, Abertillery, and Crumlin on the latest available date?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following table shows the numbers on the registers at Employment Exchanges and branch offices in the areas mentioned at 12th December.
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— Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. Abergavenny … 270 7 3 — 280 Abertillery … 1,942 39 20 3 2,004 Blackwood … 571 8 10 1 590 Blaenavon … 1,106 23 13 5 1,147 Blaina … 1,595 63 7 1 1,666 Caldicot … 80 2 3 — 85 Chepstow … 251 9 12 2 274 Crumlin … 1,954 18 14 1 1,987 Ebbw Vale … 1,586 131 25 14 1,756 Monmonth … 120 2 10 — 132 Newport … 5,305 166 221 115 5,807 Newport Docks … 1,615 — — — 1,615 Pontnewydd … 1,292 81 20 1 1,394 Pontypool … 2,920 129 44 69 3,162 Risca … 1,453 30 5 1 1,489 Tredegar … 930 23 6 2 961 Total for County … 22,990 731 413 215 24,349
§ Mr. COMPTONasked the Minister of Labour whether he will furnish a Return showing for the last convenient date the highest and lowest percentage of unemployment by localities corresponding to the statistics given in his answer to a
The following TABLE shows, at 21st November, 1927, the percentage of Insured Persona recorded as Unemployed at the 10 Employment Exchanges* in Great Britain where these percentages were highest and at the 10 where they were lowest, together with the average for Great Britain as a whole. Highest Rates of Unemployment. Lowest Rates of Unemployment. Employment Exchange. Percentage Unemployed.† Employment Exchange. Percentage Unemployed.† Blaina … … 58.3 High Wycombe … … 1.1 MerthyrTydfil … … 51.6 Newark … … 1.2 Abertillery … … 43.4 Slough … … 1.7 Bishop Auckland … … 39.2 Coalville … … 1.9 Port Talbot … … 37.6 Braintree … … 2.0 Newburn … … 36.2 Loughborough … … 2.2 Dowjais … … 32.3 Harrow … … 2.4 Crumlin … … 31.5 Chelmsford … … 2.4 Llanelly … … 30.8 Letchworth … … 3.2 Pontypridd … … 25.8 Wellinborough … … 3.3 Average for Great Britain 9.9 per cent. *The figures relate to Employment Exchanges and exclude Branch Offices. † The term unemployed includes not only persons definitely without a job, but also persons 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.
§ Mr. GRIFFITHSasked the Minister of Labour the total amounts paid in out-of-work donation and in unemployment benefit from the date of the Armistice to the present time?
594Wsimilar question on the 23rd November, 1926.
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 21st December, 1927, Col. 392], supplied the following statement
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe total sums paid since the date of the Armistice to the 10th December, 1927, by way of out-of-work donation and unemployment benefit are approximately as follow: 595W
£ Out-of-work donation … 62,448,000 Unemployment benefit … 316,870,000