§ Captain ERSKINE-BOLSTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of
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Applicants for Insurance Benefit and Transitional Payments on the Registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain at 18th December, 1933, who had been on the registers for less than six months, or for 12 months or more. Administrative Division. Persons who had been on the Register :— Less than 6 months. 12 months or more. Men aged 21–64. Young men aged 18–20. Total aged 18–64. Men aged 21–64. Young men aged 18–20. Total aged 18–64. London … … 133,739 9,833 143,572 9,656 357 10,013 South Eastern … … 69,322 4,730 74,052 3,186 173 3,359 South Western … … 88,849 5,969 94,818 11,140 266 11,406 Midlands … … 116,691 7,070 123,761 47,037 698 47,735 North Eastern … … 180,374 12,992 193,366 130,878 3,704 134,582 North Western … … 175,395 13,344 188,739 77,413 2,159 79,572 Scotland … … 127,447 11,136 138,583 78,399 3,067 81,466 Wales … … 95,284 7,690 102,974 62,775 2,047 64,822 Great Britain … … 987,101 72,764 1,059,865 420,484 12,471 432,955 Corresponding figures are not available in respect of unemployed persons on the registers who were not applicants for benefit or transitional payments. The totals of claimants on the registers for a long period include cases where the persona concerned have had one or more short spells of employment, lasting not more than three days each, during the period Education what steps are taken to bring to the notice of large numbers of visitors to London for special functions the fact that the National Gallery opens two hours before the usual time?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAI assume that my hon. and gallant Friend refers to an experiment made on 28th April, the day of the Football Association Cup Final, when the National Gallery was opened to the public at 8 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. This information was communicated in advance to the Press in order that the London papers and the provincial newspapers particularly concerned should be informed of the special arrangement made.