§ Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEasked the Minister of Labour when pamphlets will
918Wdeducting those registered as unemployed on the respective dates?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following statement shows the estimated number of insured persons classified as belonging to the lace industry in Great Britain at 1st July of each of the years 1923–1927, and the number of such persons recorded as unemployed at the end of June in each of those years.
Year. Number insured at 1st July. Number unemployed at the end of June. Differences. 1923 … 21,220 4,918 16,302 1924 … 20,350 3,771 16,579 1925 … 19,500 3,377 16,123 1927 … 18,880 3,750 15,130 1927 … 18,170 1,403 16,767