§ Mr. KELLYasked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women registered as engaged in the chemical trade in 1928 and 1929; and the number unemployed in December, 1920, and January, 1930?
§ Miss BONDFIELDIn July, 1928, the estimated number of insured workpeople, aged 16–64, classified as belonging to the chemical industry in Great Britain was 99,750, of whom 77,450 were males and 22,300 were females. The corresponding total for July, 1929, was 105,340, of whom 81,410 were males and 23,930 were females The number of such persons recorded as unemployed at 16th December, 1929, was
Month. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. Louth. January … … 203 184 161 104 177 141 213 196 February … … 186 180 134 100 152 142 283 — March … … 127 153 102 67 115 134 213 — April … … 106 107 61 67 87 106 162 — May … … 87 91 49 90 69 86 130 — June … … 95 73 47 75 65 78 130 — July … … 107 63 61 107 62 79 123 August … … 105 66 71 101 45 92 120 — September … … 124 87 72 100 57 91 136 — October … … 171 102 77 111 86 119 125 — November … … 199 119 72 115 88 130 145 — December … … 187 141 116 153 98 151 158 — Market Rasen. January … … 63 37 38 46 34 36 45 75 February … … 54 24 39 37 31 32 51 — March … … 49 22 30 28 28 29 37 — April … … 39 23 20 30 23 20 30 — May … … 28 26 21 33 18 20 31 — June … … 32 26 17 25 15 13 24 — July … … 19 11 14 23 15 13 26 — August … … 16 13 19 23 9 21 35 — September … … 18 17 23 19 10 16 35 — October … … 21 13 17 14 5 11 29 — November … … 23 16 20 18 9 17 27 — December … … 37 30 48 26 21 32 52 — Separate statistics are not available in respect of Mablethorpe, Caistor, Ludford and Binbrook as there are no Employment Exchanges at these places.