§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number of registered unemployed in each of the six 65W years following the First and Second World Wars, nationally and for the county borough of West Ham for the same period.
§ Sir W. MoncktonFor employment exchanges in West Ham the available figures for November in each year were given in reply to a question by the hon. Member on 28th November, 1950.
The figures for Great Britain are as follows:
— Males Females Total 25th November, 1921* 1,470,247 378,822 1,849,069 20th November, 1922 1,185,172 215,921 1,401,093 26th November, 1923 980,146 281,692 1,261,838 24th November, 1924 941,357 249,235 1,190,592 12th November, 1945 155,529 122,629 278,158 11th November, 1946 273,514 102,700 376,214 10th November, 1947 198,356 83,927 282,283 15th November, 1948 242,963 84,980 327,943 14th November, 1949 233,893 89,716 323,609 13th November, 1950 201,380 100,691 302,071 * Comparable figures are not available for 1919 and 1920.