§ Mr. Leachasked the Minister of Labour the yearly averages of registered unemployment from the inception of the unemployment insurance law to 1938, inclusive?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe table below shows the average numbers of unemployed persons, aged 14 and over, on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain in each year from 1921 to 1938.
Year. … … … Number. 1921 … … … 1,825,000 1922 … … … 1,555,000 1923 … … … 1,290,000 1924 … … … 1,131,000 1925 … … … 1,240,000 1926 … … … 1,402,000 1927 … … … 1,112,000 1928 … … … 1,231,000 1929 … … … 1,230,000 1930 … … … 1,915,000 1931 … … … 2,650,000 1932 … … … 2,745,000 1933 … … … 2,521,000 1934 … … … 2,159,000 1935 … … … 2,036,000 1936 … … … 1,755,000 1937 … … … 1,484,000 1938 … … … 1,791,000 NOTES.
1. Corresponding figures are not available for any year earlier than 1921.
2. Legislative and administrative changes between 1924 and 1938 have affected comparisons between the different years. The information available is insufficient to enable a series of figures to be given on a strictly comparable basis.