§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons, specifying men, women, boys and girls on the Employment Exchanges of Devonport and Plymouth, respectively, for the months of January and February, 1931, respectively?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe following table shows the number of persons on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at Plymouth and Devonport, respectively, on each Monday in January and February, 1931.
information as to any special causes which may have accounted for the increase from 36 to 76 between 25th August, 1930, and 26th January, 1931, in the number of insured persons in this classification recorded as unemployed in the Isle of Wight, but it is probably due largely to seasonal causes. The corresponding figures for the preceding year showed an increase from 35 to 87.