§ Mr. LUNNasked the Minister of Labour what was the number of ex-service men unemployed in each month of the present year?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe numbers of ex-service men (inclusive of a small number of merchant seamen) claiming out-of-work donation at the beginning of each month during the current year and at the end of June were as follows:—
I should point out, as I have done on various occasions, that there must be added to these figures something in respect of those who have exhausted their right to out-of-work donation and are no longer on our registers. Also I regret to say there are 15,000 officers and other ranks of similar educational qualifications who are on the registers of the Appointments Department, and, allowing for those not registered with us, I shall probably be within the mark if I say there are 20,000 unemployed.
2nd January … … 377,957 6th February … … 339,294 5th March … … 273,966 1st April … … 221,951 7th May … … 206,650 4th June … … 192,119 28th June … … 174,224