§ Mr. SHORTasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed—men, women, boys and girls—registering at the Kidderminster Employment Exchanges for the week ending 3rd March; and can he specify the trades particularly affected?
§ Sir M. BARLOWThe number of persons registered as unemployed at Kidder-minter Employment Exchange on 5th March, 1923, were:
Men 515 Boys 13 Women 114 Girls 3 The trades particularly affected were building, engineering, transport, and carpet manufacture.
§ Mr. SHORTasked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed —men, women, boys and girls—registered at the Kidderminster Employment Exchanges during the years 1921 and 1922, respectively; and the trades affected?
§ Sir M. BARLOWThe total number of persons who registered for employment at tile Kidderminster Employment Exchange during 1921 and 1922 were:
1921. 1922.* Men 3,739 3,290 Women 1,710 850 Boys 182 100 Girls 283 60 5,914 4,300 *Estimated figures. The trades principally affected were building, engineering, carpet manufacture, and transport.