HC Deb 19 February 1930 vol 235 c1390W
Mr. LOUIS SMITH

asked the Minister of Labour the average number of unemployed on the Sheffield register for January, 1930; and what were the corresponding figures for the same month in each year since 1924?

Miss BONDFIELD

The following table gives the information desired:

Average number of persons on the registers of the Sheffield and Attercliffe Employment Exchanges.
Month. Numbers.
January, 1924 27,405
January, 1925 25,524
January, 1926 25,248
January, 1927 28,352
January, 1928 24,903
January, 1929 27,740
January, 1930 31,136