§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Labour the number of registrations at Employment Exchanges, the vacancies notified and the vacancies filled in Great Britain for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following table shows the number of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain in one week of each month of the year ended 24th October, 1927, together with the number of vacancies notified and vacancies filled during that year.
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Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. Number on Register. 22nd November, 1926 1,182,240 38,141 256,418 37,934 1,514,733* 20th December, 1926 1,040,617 29,865 209,829 29,428 1,309,739* 24th January, 1927 1,059,574 40,001 208,567 40,577 1,348,719 21st February, 1927 955,348 33,091 171,646 35,974 1,196,059 21st March, 1927 875,206 27,713 145,553 30,058 1,078,530 25th April, 1927 841,762 31,834 139,185 31,976 1,044,757 23rd May, 1927 786,263 28,128 134,813 28,972 978,176 20th June, 1927 797,596 25,226 138,914 25,612 987,348 25th July, 1927 816,031 33,062 148,190 29,619 1,026,902 22nd August, 1927 819,306 36,111 155,382 33,556 1,044,355 26th September, 1927 835,786 32,111 149,908 32,312 1,050,117 24th October, 1927 858,918 31,112 154,092 29,910 1,074,032 Average of foregoing 12 months 905,720 32,200 167,708 32,161 1,137,789 Vacancies notified. During 12 months ended 24th October, 1927. 667,116 166,035 390,089 148,049 1,371,289 Vacancies filled. During 12 months ended 24th October, 1927. 611,305 136,101 309,864 121,002 1,178,272 * Exclusive of persons in the coal mining industry who were disqualified for unemployment benefit by reason of the dispute which commenced on 1st May, 1926.
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Labour the number of people in Reading insured against unemployment on 1st July for the last four years and the number of such persons recorded as unemployed at the same date?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following table shows the estimated number of persons insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts in Reading at the beginning of July, and the number of such persons recorded as unemployed at the end of June, in each of the years 1923 to 1927.
Year. Estimated number of Insured Work people. Number of Insured Persons recorded as Unemployed. 1923 25,760 1,912 1924 26,510 1,797 1925 26,850 1,244 1926 28,930 1,192 1927 29,210 1,001
§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed now on the Exchange registry in Blackpool; and the number of seasonal workers who in the last 12 months have been refused unemployment benefit in consequence of being such workers?
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§ Mr. BETTERTONAt 20th November there were 2,946 persons on the registers of the Employment Exchange at Blackpool. I regret that the information asked for in the last part of the question is not available.
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Labour if he can furnish an estimate of the number of insured workpeople in employment at the end of October, 1927, and also at the end of October, 1924?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe only figures I can give are the difference between the numbers of unemployment books lodged and the estimated totals of insured persons. These differences were 10,776,500 at the end of October, 1927, and 10,223,600 at the end of October, 1924.