§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Labour the numbers employed in the Armed Forces, in munitions, as civil servants, as employees of local authorities and unemployed respectively, for the years 1900, 1913, 1938 and at the latest available dates expressed as percentages of the total insured population.
§ Mr. IsaacsThere was no scheme of unemployment insurance in operation in
Category of Employment. Per cent, of occupied population. 1911. Mid-1939. End 1945. Armed Forces … … … … … 2.0 2.4 18.4 Non-Industrial Civil Servants … … … Approximately 1.7* 2.2 3.3 Employees of Local Authorities … … … 3.0 4.9 4.6 Manufacture of Equipment and Supplies for the Forces. Not available. 6.4 8.5 Unemployed … … … … … … Probably between 1.5 and 2.0* 6.4 1.4 * Precise comparable figures not available