§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMasked the Minister of Labour the numbers employed and the average percentage of unemployment for each month since January, 1929, among those engaged in manufacturing cutlery, gas mantles, gloves, lace, motorcars, tyres, and musical instruments?
§ Miss BONDFIELDSeparate statistics in respect of the cutlery, gas mantles, glove and tyre manufacturing industries are not available. The following tables give the information available regarding the other industries mentioned:
1674WA.—Estimated numbers of insured persons, aged 16 to 64, in Great Britain in the industries stated below.
Number insured. Date Lace. Motor vehicles, cycles and aircraft. Musical instruments. July, 1928 17,070 232,560 26,130 July, 1929 16,920 243,230 28,330 July, 1930 16,750 244,980 26,220 B.—Percentage numbers of insured persons recorded as unemployed in Great Britain.
Date. Percentages unemployed. Lace. Motor vehicles, cycles and aircraft. Musical instruments. 1929. January 9.4 6.9 5.8 February 8.8 6.9 7.7 March 7.3 5.5 9.2 April 6.1 5.1 9.2 May 7.9 5.4 7.7 June 9.8 6.1 7.4 July 9.2 7.2 6.5 August 9.3 9.0 5.3 September 9.5 9.3 4.1 October 8.8 8.0 3.5 November 9.7 7.3 4.0 December 9.7 7.2 3.9 1930. January 11.7 7.7 9.0 February 10.0 8.9 10.4 March 11.1 9.7 12.5 April 12.4 9.3 14.5 May 14.7 10.2 14.5 June 15.9 13.2 17.4 July 16.9 16.5 16.5 August 17.9 17.6 15.1 September 19.8 16.5 13.2 October 18.6 15.8 11.7