§ Mr. LAWSONasked the Minister of Labour the industries and the numbers for each industry which are responsible for the 218,000 increase in unemployment over the figures for December?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe principal industries in which there were increases between 21st December, 1931, and 25th January, 1932, in the numbers of insured workpeople recorded as unemployed were as follow:
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Increase. Building 35,309 Coal Mining 32,309 Distributive Trades 27,200 Metal Trades 12,151 General Engineering 7,572 Public Works Contracting 6,514 Cotton 4,577 Road Transport (other than tramway and omnibus services) 4,029 Figures for all the insured industries will be published in the February issue of the Ministry of Labour Gazette, which will be available on the 18th instant.
§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Labour the date when the largest number of unemployed were registered at the Employment Exchanges between 21st December, 1931, and 25th January, 1932?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThese statistics are now collected only for one date in each month, instead of weekly as hitherto. I regret therefore that the information is not available.