HC Deb 21 May 1924 vol 173 cc2208-11W
Mr. E. SIMON

asked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the average percentage of unemployment for all skilled workers in the building trade, and the separate percentages of unemployment for plasterers and bricklayers for the years 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923?

Mr. SHAW

The percentage rates of unemployment in each of the principal

Percentage Rate of Unemployment in Skilled Occupations in the Building Trades.
UNITED KINGDOM.
Date. Carpenters. Bricklayers. Masons. Plasterers. Painters. Plumbers. Total of 6 skilled occupations.
1920.
January 1.2 1.0 4.0 5.8 9.0 3.6 4.1
February 0.8 0.6 3.2 3.8 4.8 3.1 2.5
March 0.5 0.5 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.7 1.4
April 0.4 0.3 1.7 1.4 0.9 2.2 0.9
May 0.4 0.3 1.4 1.1 1.0 2.0 0.8
June 0.4 0.3 1.2 1.2 1.7 2.0 1.0
July 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.9 2.3 2.0 1.1
August 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.8 1.9 1.9 1.0
September 0.4 0.2 1.1 0.8 4.7 2.0 1.9
October No figures available—Coal Dispute.
November 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.6 11.0 2.9 4.0
December 1.8 0.8 2.7 1.5 19.0 4.1 7.0
Mean for 1920 (11 months). 0.7 0.4 1.9 1.8 5.3 2.6 2.3
1921.
January 3.3 0.9 4.2 1.8 23.1 5.3 9.0
February 3.5 1.1 4.3 2.5 18.0 7.0 7.8
March 4.8 1.5 5.5 2.2 15.1 8.1 7.6
April 6.8 2.3 6.8 2.2 12.1 9.3 7.7
May 9.9 4.1 9.4 3.3 14.3 10.8 10.0
June 9.8 4.6 9.7 3.3 15.2 11.1 10.4
July 9.1 5.3 8.0 2.5 15.6 10.5 10.2
August 8.5 4.7 7.4 1.8 13.3 9.6 9.1
September 7.1 4.1 6.9 1.4 15.7 8.2 9.0
October 5.6 4.7 8.5 1.6 17.7 7.9 9.3
November 7.5 7.7 11.7 2.6 23.5 8.3 12.4
December 8.5 10.2 13.5 3.1 27.6 9.1 14.6
Mean for 1921 7.0 4.3 8.0 2.4 17.6 8.8 9.8
1922.
January 9.8 13.5 17.7 4.1 30.6 10.6 16.9
February 10.6 14.1 17.5 4.3 28.1 9.9 16.4
March 10.1 11.6 13.9 3.9 17.3 10.1 12.4
Mean for 1922 (3 months). 10.2 13.1 16.4 4.1 25.3 10.2 15.2
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.
1922.
April 10.0 11.2 11.6 3.9 12.4 10.2 10.8
May 8.8 10.3 10.4 4.0 9.3 10.0 9.2
June 8.2 10.2 8.9 4.7 9.6 10.4 9.0
July 8.6 10.0 8.6 6.6 11.1 10.7 9.7
August 8.3 8.7 8.1 6.7 9.3 10.4 8.8
September 8.9 8.3 8.0 8.0 13.1 10.0 10.0
October 9.0 8.7 7.7 9.2 16.5 9.9 11.2
November 9.9 9.9 8.6 10.9 21.8 10.4 13.4
December 10.2 11.1 9.6 12.8 25.5 10.7 15.0
Mean for 1922 (9 months). 9.1 9.8 9.1 7.4 14.3 10.3 10.8

skilled occupations in the building trade are given in the following table:

GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND—continued.
Date. Carpenters. Bricklayers. Masons. Plasterers. Painters. Plumbers. Total of 6 skilled occupations.
1923.
January 11.6 12.8 10.2 16.7 30.6 12.4 17.6
February 10.7 12.1 9.5 15.6 24.3 13.0 15.3
March 9.1 9.0 7.9 14.6 14.6 11.8 11.2
April 8.4 7.6 6.9 13.6 9.9 11.7 9.2
May 6.8 5.1 5.2 9.2 7.1 10.6 7.0
June to September. No figures available — Returns suspended.
October 3.6 1.3 2.5 3.0 16.7 7.8 7.4
November 3.8 1.7 3.0 3.7 23.3 6.7 9.5
December 4.1 2.0 3.5 3.9 26.7 6.0 10.6
Mean for 1923 (8 months). 7.3 6.5 6.1 10.0 19.2 10.0 11.0
1924.
January 4.8 2.3 4.1 4.5 31.1 7.2 12.3
February 4.0 1.8 3.3 3.0 22.0 7.2 9.2
March 3.2 1.6 2.7 2.2 10.9 6.8 5.5
April 2.7 1.2 2.2 1.9 6.4 6.7 3.9
Mean for first 4 months of 1924. 3.7 1.7 3.1 2.9 17.6 7.0 7.7

NOTE.—Since June, 1923, no figures are available of the exact numbers of insured workpeople in each of the various occupations shown in the table. The percentages have been calculated on estimates derived from all the available data, but should be regarded as only approximate.