HC Deb 05 April 1927 vol 204 c1900W
Mr. D. GRENFELL

asked the Minister of Labour the number of miners registered as unemployed according to the latest figures available?

Mr. WHITELEY

asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed miners on 30th April, 1926, and the number on 31st March, 1927?

Mr. BETTERTON

At 26th April, 1926, the number of persons classified as belonging to the coal-mining industry, recorded as unemployed in Great Britain was 97,797, as compared with 197,739 at 21st February, 1927, the latest date for which figures are available.