§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed persons within the following townships at March of each year since 1926 up to date: Hindley, Horwich, Westhoughton and Wigan?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following table shows the numbers of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges at the towns mentioned:
Date. Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Total. HINDLEY. 15th March, 1926 420 402 822 14th March, 1927 521 282 803 12th March, 1928 1,216 700 1,916 11th March, 1929 1,271 422 1,693 HORWICH. 15th March, 1926 292 97 389 14th March, 1927 246 289 535 12th March, 1928 358 432 790 11th March, 1929 325 319 644 WESTHOUGHTON. 15th March, 1926 173 92 265 14th March, 1927 198 74 272 12th March, 1928 470 396 866 11th March, 1929 547 299 846 WIGAN.* 15th March, 1926 2,540 4,477 7,017 14th March, 1927 2,817 3,515 6,332 12th March, 1928 3,644 4,251 7,895 11th March, 1929 5,033 2,830 7,863 * Including Ince-in-Makerfield.