§ Mr. MARDY JONESasked the Minister of Labour, (1) how many miners have been found employment in London and the Home counties from each of the British coalfields over the period the transference scheme has been in full operation to the end of January, 1930, or latest available month; how many of the said transferred men and boys are still employed in London and the Home counties; how many of them are now out of work in London and the Home counties; and how many have been sent home due to no employment being available for them;
(2) how many miners have been transferred from each British coalfield to London and the Home counties during each of the four months October, November, December, and January last; and can she state what steps are being taken by her Department to place the miners previously transferred to London and the Home counties now unemployed in employment before transferring additional unemployed miners into these two areas?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI regret that the records kept by the Department do not enable me to give the detailed figures for which my hon. Friend asks. As regards the last part of question number 2 there is no evidence of any substantial amount of unemployment among transferred men in these areas. In any event the process of transferring further men is governed by the amount of employment available for them.