§ Mr. KIRKWOODasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed in Scotland, and the percentage, compared with the number of unemployed in London and the South of England?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe following table shows, for the divisions in question, at 25th April, 1932, the number of unemployed persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges, and these numbers expressed as percentages of the number of insured persons:—
Division. Number. Number of Unemployed persons on the registers, a percentage of the insured population. Scotland 367,376 27.2 London 306,404 13.1 South Eastern 143,233 14.7 South Western 151,163 16.9