§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons, specifying the occupations they ordinarily follow, on the Employment Exchanges of
64Wat Plymouth and Devonport, respectively, on each Monday in December, 1929, and January 1930:
Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham, Kent, for the months of June, 1929, and January, 1930?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 27th January, 1930, there were 4,022 persons, insured and uninsured, on the registers of the Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Employment Exchanges, as compared with 2,608 at 24th June, 1929. The following table shows the industries in which the greatest numbers of insured persons were recorded as unemployed:
Industry. 27th Jan., 1930. 24th June,1929. Distributive trades 473 263 Building 337 102 Shipbuilding and Ship repairing 282 179 Cement, Limekilns and Whiting Works. 272 61 Public Works Contracting, etc. 270 274 Dock Harbour, River and Canal Service. 212 189 General Engineering, etc. 170 137 Shipping Service 117 87 Hotel, Boarding House, Club Service. 106 68 Construction and Repair of Motor Vehicles, Cycles and Aircraft. 85 82