§ Sir DOUGLAS NEWTONasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons on the live register in Cambridge; whether these include those in receipt of Poor Law relief; and what trades or industries supply the greater part of this total of unemployed?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 31st March, 1930, there were 925 persons on the registers of the Cambridge Employment Exchange. The statistics do not enable me to say how many were in receipt of Poor Law Relief. The industries for which the greatest numbers of insured
Data. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. Plymouth. 3rd March, 1930 … 3,827 111 704 94 4,736 10th March, 1930 … 3,641 116 681 89 4,530 17th March, 1930 … 3,708 116 689 87 4,600 24th March, 1930 … 3,866 101 653 86 4,706 31st March, 1930 … 3,871 99 648 86 4,704 Devonport 3rd March, 1930 … 1,612 70 263 66 2,011 10th March, 1930 … 1,583 66 253 53 1,955 17th March, 1930 … 1,550 63 243 55 1,911 24th March, 1930 … 1,551 59 534 54 1,898 31st March, 1930 … 1,648 51 239 52 1,990