Mr. T. THOMSONasked the Minister of Labour if he will give particulars of the percentage of unemployment in each of the 10 towns where unemployment is most acute, and in each of the 10 towns where there is least unemployment in the United Kingdom, and also the average for the whole country?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe following table shows at 26th October, 1925, the percentages of insured persons recorded as unemployed at the 10 Employment Exchanges in Great Britain where these percentages were highest, and at the 10 where they were lowest, together with the average for Great Britain as a whole:
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§ Mr. PILCHERasked the Minister of Labour the estimated number of insured persons and of unemployment books remaining lodged at 30th June, 1924, at 31st March, 1925, and at 25th November, 1925, respectively, in the industries concerned with the construction and repair of motor vehicles, cycles, and aircraft?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe number of persons in insured industries is calculated only once a year in respect of July. The estimated number in Great Britain classified as belonging to the industrial group—construction and repair of motor vehicles, cycles and aircraft— was 213,210 at July, 1925, as compared with 201,790 in July, 1924. The number of unemployment books, classified within that industrial group, lodged at Employment Exchanges in Great Britain was 13,470 at 23rd June, 1924, 13,199 at 23rd March, 1925, and 15,200 at 26th October, 1925, the latest date for which figures are available.