HC Deb 07 May 1928 vol 217 cc36-8W
Mr. C. EDWARDS

asked the Minister of Labour the percentage of unemployed in the iron and steel industry, shipbuilding industry, marine engineering and mining industries for 1927; and the number of unemployed miners in South Wales and Durham, and the percentage of unemployed for the whole country for the first three months of l928.

Mr. BETTERTON

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 1st May, 1928. col. 1537, Vol. 216] supplied the following statement:

Percentage number of insured workers classified as belonging to certain Industries recorded as unemployed in Great Britain.
Date. Steel Melting and Iron Puddling Furnaces, Iron and Steel Rolling Mills and Forges. Pig Iron Manufacture (Blast Furnaces). Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing. Marine Engineering. Coal Mining.
Wholly Unemployed. Temporarily Stopped Total. Wholly Unemployed. Temporarily Stopped. Total. Wholly Unemployed. Temporarily Stopped. Total. Wholly Unemployed. Temporarily Stopped. Total. Wholly Unemployed. Temporarily Stopped. Total.
1927. Per cent Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
24th January 11.8 8.7 20.5 13.0 7.4 20.4 36.0 0.8 36.8 22.3 1.1 23.4 12.0 4.4 16.4
21st February 10.9 6.1 17.0 12.6 3.3 15.9 31.1 0.7 31.8 19.3 1.2 20.5 11.0 5.1 16.1
21st March 8.9 6.6 15.5 10.4 2.1 12.5 28.4 0.5 28.9 16.7 0.8 17.5 9.9 6.9 16.8
25th April 8.5 8.9 17.4 9.9 3.7 13.6 25.4 0.4 25.8 15.3 0.7 16.0 9.3 8.5 17.8
23rd May 8.5 8.1 16.6 9.1 2.5 11.6 22.4 0.5 22.9 13.6 0.7 14.3 9.1 8.2 17.3
20th June 8.4 8.6 17.0 8.9 3.9 12.8 22.2 0.6 22.8 12.6 0.6 13.2 9.7 9.3 19.0
25th July 8.2 10.0 18.2 10.1 2.2 12.3 21.5 0.6 22.1 11.7 0.4 12.1 11.0 10.5 21.5
22nd August 8.2 10.1 18.3 12.4 4.1 16.5 21.7 0.7 22.4 11.7 0.5 12.2 11.4 9.0 20.4
26th September 8.0 9.6 17.6 12.5 2.7 15.2 21.1 0.7 21.8 11.6 0.7 12.3 10.9 8.2 19.1
24th October 8.1 12.2 20.3 11.2 2.1 13.3 20.1 0.7 20.8 11.4 0.5 11.9 11.2 7.5 18.7
21st November 8.8 12.8 21.0 11.8 3.3 15.1 20.5 0.9 21.4 10.2 0.5 10.7 11.6 6.9 18.5
19th December 9.0 13.7 22.7 11.8 2.3 14.1 19.9 0.9 20.8 10.3 0.6 10.9 11.9 5.4 17.3

Coal Mining Industry: Unemployment among insured persons in certain areas.
Date. Numbers Unemployed. Percentage Unemployed.
South Wales. County Durham. Great Britain.
Wholly Unemployed. Temporarily Stopped. Total. Wholly Unemployed. Temporarily Stopped. Total. Wholly Unemployed. Temporarily Stopped. Total.
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
23rd January … … … 47,632 35,294 82,926 33,475 3,277 36,752 11.9 6.2 18.1
20th February … … … 50,356 25,426 75,782 32,074 2,801 34,875 12.4 6.1 18.5
26th March … … … 51,166 16,979 68,145 31,071 4,703 35,774 12.7 4.5 17.2