§ Mr. KELLYasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed in the Thornhill district of Dumfriesshire, the Western district of Stirlingshire, and the Lancaster, Morecambe, and Heysham areas in January and February; and the number transferred from distressed areas to those districts?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThere are no local offices of the Ministry of Labour in the Thornhill district of Dumfriesshire or in the Western district of Stirlingshire or at Heysham and separate figures for these areas are therefore not available. The following table shows the numbers of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the other areas mentioned.
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Date. Lancaster. Morecambe. 1929. 7th January 1,163 565 14th January 1,191 538 21st January 1,228 530 28th January 1,264 551 4th February 1,246 557 11th February 1,166 526 18th February 1,297 638 25th February 1,126 505 Statistics of the numbers of persons transferred from depressed areas to the districts mentioned in the question are not available.
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Great Britain. — Estimated number of insured persons aged 16 and over at July, 1924. Insured persons aged 16 and over recorded as unemployed at 23rd February, 1925. Estimated number of insured persons aged 16 to 64 at July, 1928. Insured persons aged 16 to 64 recorded as unemployed at 25th February, 1929. Men (18 and over). Women and Juveniles Men (18 and over). Women and Juveniles. Men (18–64). Women and Juveniles. Men (18–64). Women and Juveniles Coal Mining 1,178,940 80,260 125,492 5,423 1,050,570 65,180 167,924 2,511 Pig Iron Manufacture (Blast Furnaces). 29,130 960 5,386 100 21,520 630 3,536 36 Steel Melting and Iron Puddling Furnaces, Iron and Steel Rolling Mills and Forges. 193,280 13,300 45,942 1,289 166,330 12,180 34,672 662 Tinplate Manufacture 22,590 6,670 11,478 1,807 26,000 6,040 6,024 1,080 Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing. 219,310 13,450 75,025 1,636 178,310 13,050 49,113 885 General Engineering, Engineers' Iron and Steel Founding. 548,440 72,060 78,593 3,386 494,170 81,070 55,801 3,062 Electrical Engineering 52,770 18,460 2,995 962 57,070 22,410 3,383 888 Marine Engineering 56,610 3,630 10,066 126 45,400 4,790 6,456 114 Constructional Engineering. 21,760 2,210 3,428 122 24,320 2,940 3,333 108 Construction and Repair of Motor Vehicles, Cycles and Aircraft. 169,606 32,360 12,777 1,555 192,730 39,830 14,504 1,479 Cotton 187,570 384,700 12,172 26,165 182,720 371,080 23,194 42,807 Woollen and Worsted 101,290 159,190 14,249 20,542 90,710 150,710 13,062 18,544 Silk and Artificial Silk 14,910 26,580 1,053 2,579 29,440 40,330 3,898 4,665 Linen 4,490 12,500 482 1,963 3,870 10,960 545 1,566 Jute 11,700 29,520 1,790 2,612 10,930 28,690 1,411 2,309 Hemp Spinning and Weaving, Rope, Cord, Twine, etc., Making. 5,840 11,660 547 1,284 5,690 10,680 531 1,026 Hosiery 18,450 74,750 1,383 7,143 19,400 82,840 1,382 6,422 Lace 8,040 12,310 2,160 1,925 6,060 11,010 766 733 Carpet Manufacture 11,010 16,110 682 1,461 8,860 15,540 693 1,201 Textile Industries not separately specified. 11,810 28,210 1,281 3,980 12,230 28,130 1,034 2,333 Textile Bleaching, Dyeing, Printing, etc. 76,410 34,560 9,319 3,881 73,510 34,360 12,801 3,935 Total of above industries 2,943,950 1,033,450 416,300 89,971 2,699,840 1,032,450 404,063 96,366
§ Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the figures of unemployment in the week ending 3rd March, 1929, and for the corresponding week in 1925 for the following trades: coal-mining, iron and steel, blast furnaces, tinplate manufacturing, shipbuilding, textiles and engineering, with the number of men in employment in each case on the dates given?
§ Mr. BETTERTONpursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 13th March, 1929; col. 1114, Vol. 226] supplied the following statement:
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§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed men and women over 18 years of age on 1st March, 1913, to 1920, and each subsequent year; and the number of unemployed persons between 14 and 18 years on 1st March, 1920, and each subsequent year?
Date. Men (18 and over) Women (18 and over) Juveniles (14 to 17). Total. 4th March, 1921 … … … 904,640 467,268 137,121 1,509,029 6th March, 1922 … … … 1,396,138 323,973 108,112 1,828,223 5th March, 1923 … … … 1,045,332 214,353 84,040 1,343,725 3rd March, 1924 … … … 834,871 229,475 70,396 1,134,742 2nd March, 1925 … … … 948,938 220,759 65,921 1,235,618 1st March, 1926 … … … 872,055 173,153 61,930 1,107,138 7th March, 1927 … … … 926,975 154,852 62,233 1,144,060 5th March, 1928 … … … 880,107 149,837 64,508 1,094,452 4th March, 1929 … … … 1,114,170 202,609 70,553 1,387,332