HC Deb 07 February 1929 vol 224 c1968W
Mr. WINDSOR

asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed resident in Bethnal Green, men, women and juveniles, on the live register at Shore-ditch, Stepney, Hackney and Stratford Employment Exchanges, up to the latest available date?

Mr. BETTERTON

Precise figures cannot be given, but it is estimated that approximately 3,800 persons, including 2,930 men, 700 women and 170 juveniles on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at Shoreditch, Stepney, Hackney and Stratford, are resident in Bethnal Green.