STATISTICS. (Hansard, 10 December 1935)

§ Mr. T. WILLIAMS
asked the Minister of Labour how many persons were Regis-
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§ Mr. E. BROWN
The following table shows the numbers of wholly unemployed persons, aged 18 years and upwards, registered at employment exchanges as applicants for employment as agricultural workers, at those dates in 1934 and 1935 for which information is available:—
tered as unemployed, on the latest date for which figures are available, in Liverpool, Hull, Glasgow, Cardiff, Sunderland, and Blackburn; and what percentage they represent of the insured population in each district?

§ Mr. E. BROWN
The following table gives the information desired.

Numbers of unemployed persors, aged 14 years and over, insured and uninsured, on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the undermentioned areas at 25th November, 1935, and these numbers expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers of insured persons, aged 16 to 64, in those areas at July, 1934.

Area. Number on registers. Per cent. of estimated number insured.

Liverpool (including Bootle). 91,427 27.5

Hull 15,330 16.4

Glasgow 102,025 25.0

Cardiff 17,996 26.2

Sunderland 23,780 40.6

Blackbura 15,864 29.4

Numbers of unemployed persors, aged 14 years and over, insured and uninsured, on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the undermentioned areas at 25th November, 1935, and these numbers expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers of insured persons, aged 16 to 64, in those areas at July, 1934.
Area.	Number on registers.	Per cent. of estimated number insured.
Liverpool (including Bootle).	91,427	27.5
Hull	15,330	16.4
Glasgow	102,025	25.0
Cardiff	17,996	26.2
Sunderland	23,780	40.6
Blackbura	15,864	29.4