§ Mr. PERKINSasked the Minister of Labour the total number of people ever recorded as employed in this country and the total number on the last available date?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONIn the period from June, 1923, the earliest date from which figures are available, the highest number of insured persons estimated to be in employment in Great Britain was 10,316,000 at 23rd September, 1929; the corresponding figure at 14th May, 1934, was 10,187,000.