§ Sir K. WOODasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons who were actually employed in Woolwich as a result of schemes initiated by the Woolwich Borough Council through the Unemployment Grants Committee in the year 1929, and the number of persons who are actually at present employed in Woolwich on State-assisted schemes, and the estimated duration of their employment?
§ Miss BONDFIELDNo schemes submitted by the Woolwich Borough Council
Numbers of persons on the registers of the Woolwich Employment Exchange at the dates stated below. Date. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. 28th November, 1927 … 3,159 74 464 110 3,807 26th November, 1928 … 2,773 62 473 69 3,377 25th November, 1929 … 2,867 96 692 91 3,746 24th November, 1930 … 4,003 170 1,506 136 5,815