§ Mr. C. BROWNasked the Minister of Labour (1) the numbers unemployed in the boot and shoe industry, stating separately those totally unemployed and those working short time, to the nearest convenient date.
(2) The number of insured workers engaged in the production of boots and shoes for the whole industry, and separately for each district in which boots and shoes are manufactured, at 31st March, 1934, or the nearest convenient date?
Mr. HUDSONAt 19th March, 1934, there were 23,404 insured persons aged 16 to 64, in the boot, shoe, slipper and clog industry (including manufacturing and1894W repairing) recorded as unemployed in Great Britain, the number wholly unemployed being 13,050 and the number temporarily stopped 10,354. The latter figure includes, in addition to persons working short-time, those who were suspended from work on the understanding that they would return to work at the same establishment within six weeks.
The following table shows the estimated numbers of insured persons, aged 16 to 64, in the boot, shoe, slipper and clog industry (including manufacturing and repairing) in each of the main administrative areas of Great Britain at July 1933, the latest date for which figures are available:
Division. Number. London 13,370 South Eastern 13,630 South Western 6,380 Midlands 79,150 North Eastern 5,960 North Western 15,960 Scotland 5,790 Wales 600 Great Britain 140,840 Separate figures are not available for the manufacturing and repairing sections of the industry, respectively.