HC Deb 08 March 1929 vol 226 c728W
Mr. DAY

asked the Minister of Labour the number of insured workpeople registered as unemployed on the register of the Walworth Road (Borough) Employment Exchange on 28th February, 1929?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

At 25th February, 1929, there were 7,726 insured persons on the registers of the Walworth Road (Borough) Employment Exchange.

Mr. DAY

asked the Minister of Labour the classification of workpeople registered as unemployed on the registers of the Walworth Road (Borough) Employment Exchange at 31st January, 1929, with comparable figures for the three years previous?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

The following table gives such information as is readily available:—

The report does not state how many of these juveniles were transferred to other areas, but does state that from May, 1928, up to the date of the compilation of the Report on 23rd November, 1928, over 50 boys and girls, mainly boys, had been transferred.