§ Mr. HANNONasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons employed in the motor.manufacturing industry in Coventry, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, respectively, in each quarter from the year 1920 to 1925; and the number of persons in the same industry recorded at the Employment Exchanges in those towns as unemployed at the same dates?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 2nd 58W December, 1925, Col. 2213], supplied the following information:
Owing to a reclassification in June, 1923, of the industrial groups into which the unemployment statistics are divided, comparable figures can only be given from that date. This is done in the following table:
INDUSTRIAL GROUP—Construction and Repair of Motor Vehicles, Cycles and Aircraft — Coventry. Wolverhampton. Birmingham area. Estimated Numbers of Insured Persons:—* 1923(July) 23,600 6,430 33,980 1924(July) 23,860 8,730 29,100 1925(July) 28,300 9,030 30,400 Numbers Unemployed:— 23rd July, 1923 2,409 1,439 4,240 28th July, 1924 2,236 1,204 4,352 27th July, 1925 1,506 949 2,622 23rd Nov., 1925 1,151 868 2,663 Percentage Unemployed:— 23rd July, 1923 10.2 22.4 12.5 28th July, 1924 9.4 13.8 15.0 27th July, 1925 5.3 10.5 8.6 23rd Nov., 1925 4.1 9.6 8.8 * The number of persons in insured trades is estimated only once a year in respect of the beginning of July.