§ Sir J. Smedley Crookeasked the Minister of Labour how many disabled ex-service men are registered at Employment Exchanges as unemployed; the number unemployed for 12 months or longer; the number with no application for unemployment insurance or assistance; and the numbers in categories A, B and C, with the comparative figures obtaining at March, 1938?
§ Mr. E. BrownOn the 3rd April, 1939, 29,700 disabled ex-service men were registered at Employment Exchanges as unemployed. Of these, 1,720 were not applicants for unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance allowances. The numbers registered in categories A, B and C were as follow:
— 4th April,1938. 3rd April, 1939 Category A … 17,440 16,292 Category B … 13,608 13,082 Category C … 285 326 I regret that information is not available to show the number who, at April, 1939, had been unemployed for 12 months or longer. On the 3rd January, 1938, the latest date for which information is available, 11,192 disabled ex-service men had been unemployed for 12 months or longer out of a total of 30,671 registered as wholly unemployed.