§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDasked the Minister of Labour what is the latest 1758W figure of unemployment in Germany; and what is the total number of persons estimated to be occupied in Germany in the trades which in this country are insured against unemployment?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe number of persons recorded by the German Public Employment Exchanges as available for and seeking work was 2,690,898 at the end of May, and the number of persons recorded as unemployed on the same date was 2,634,718. The number insured against unemployment in Germany is about 17,250,000, but this total includes a number of persons (e.g., in agriculture and domestic service) who would not be insured in Great Britain, and the available information does not enable a figure of insured persons at all closely comparable with that in Great Britain to be given.