Miss LEEasked the Minister of Labour the number of women for whom work has been provided since October, 1929, through schemes financially assisted by the Unemployed Grants Committee?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI feel sure that my hon. Friend knows that direct employment provided in relief of unemployment necessarily consists in the main of labouring work for which women cannot be engaged. Indirect employment is undoubtedly provided for women at their own trades, but statistics of this cannot be given. Apart from such indirect employment, the practical way of helping
Numbers on the Register of the Colchester Employment Exchange at 13th October, 1930, and 14th October, 1929. Date. Numbers. Numbers expressed as percentages of the Insured Population. Men. Women. Juveniles. Total. Men. Women. Juveniles. Total. 13.10.30 … … 813 298 67 1,178 9.8 12.2 5.6 9.9 14.10.29 … … 641 106 48 795 8.0 3.8 4.2 6.7