§ Mr. KELLYasked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women registered as engaged in the engineering trade and the number unemployed from the engineering trade in the last three months?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe following table shows the estimated numbers of insured persons aged 16 to 64, classified as belonging to the various branches of the engineering industry in Great Britain at July, 1929, and the numbers of such persons recorded as unemployed in each of the last three months:
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Industry. Estimated numbers insured at July,1929. Insured persons recorded as unemployed at— 16th December, 1929. 27th January, 1930. 24th February, 1930. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. General Engineering, etc. 532,560 47,240 39,878 17,510 1,472 505 44,610 20,403 1,780 871 46,694 23,838 1,876 1,102 Electrical Engineering 65,350 18,620 2,514 283 626 82 3,063 414 816 119 3,186 563 859 197 Marine Engineering 52,100 920 4,855 545 19 1 5,290 513 21 — 5,589 578 27 — Constructional Engineering. 27,120 1,060 2,628 630 52 4 2,806 535 37 7 2,785 665 46 10 Motor Vehicles, etc. 218,650 24,580 13,696 2,743 976 178 14,583 2,719 1,194 225 15,705 4,390 1,258 411 Total 895,780 92,420 63,571 21,711 3,145 770 70,352 24,584 3,848 1,222 73,959 30,034 4,066 1,720