§ Mr. COUPERasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed registered at each Employment Exchange in Glasgow, and the percentage relative to the population in each district?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following table gives the numbers on the registers of the Employment Exchanges in Glasgow at 12th November, 1928. Since the boundaries of the various areas served by these Exchanges are not conterminous with those of the wards or constituencies
Insured persons in Great Britain classified as belonging to the engineering industry,* recorded as unemployed. Date. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. 1928. 24th September … … 88,366 2,031 4,469 261 95,127 22nd October … … 83,904 1,740 4,061 262 89,967 * Including General Engineering, Engineers' Iron and Steel founding; Electrical Engineering; Marine Engineering; Constructional Engineering; and Construction and Repair of Motor Vehicles, Cycles and Aircraft. Figures for November are not yet available.