Mr. C. WILSONasked the Minister of Labour for September in each year since 1921 the number of men, women, boys and girls, respectively, wholly unemployed and also partially unemployed?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe following table shows the number of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain on the last 1433W Monday of September in each of the years 1921–1927. Separate figures for those wholly unemployed and those temporarily
Date. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. Last Monday in— September, 1921 1,096,134 58,318 269,044 46,892 1,470,388 September, 1922 1,102,301 46,982 157,547 35,673 1,342,503 September, 1923 942,605 45,312 245,260 42,593 1,275,770 September, 1924 903,944 37,850 223,935 33,587 1,199,316 September, 1925 1,068,948 40,358 195,867 30,982 1,336,155 September, 1926*— Wholly unemployed 812,163 32,136 109,154 30,467 983,920 Temporarily stopped 349,818 11,406 169,794 12,813 543,831 Total 1,161,981 43,542 278,948 43,280 1,527,751 September, 1927— Wholly unemployed 632,630 26,069 81,932 27,810 768,441 Temporarily stopped 203,156 6,042 67,976 4,502 281,676 Total 835,786 32,111 149,908 32,312 1,050,117 The figures for September, 1926, are exclusive of persons in the Coal Mining Industry who were disqualified for unemployment benefit by reason of the dispute.