§ Mr. HERRIOTTSasked the Minister of Labour the total number of registered unemployed in connection with shipbuilding at Middlesbrough, Haverton Hill, and Stockton at the end of April, 1930, and the corresponding figures for 1929?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe numbers of insured persons, aged 16 to 64, classified as belonging to the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industry, recorded as unemployed at 28th April, 1930, were 556 at Middlesbrough, 405 at South Bank, and 714 at Stockton. The corresponding figures for 29th April, 1929, were 338 at Middlesbrough, 148 at South Bank, and 626 at Stockton.
Industry. 28th April, 1930. 22nd April, 1929. Number. Percentage. Number. Percentage. Bread, biscuits, cakes, etc. … … 13,817 9.9 9,878 7.1 Printing, publishing and bookbinding … 15,788 6.1 10,504 4.2 Building … … … … … 110,930 13.7 79,925 10.0 Electrical wiring and contracting … 1,661 10.1 1,073 7.1 Public works contracting … … … 43,202 27.3 32,309 20.8 Gas, water and electricity supply … 11,572 7.3 9,165 5.7 Transport and communication … … 138,252 17.4 112,555 14.6 Distributive trades … … … … 140,503 8.5 97,074 6.1 Commerce, banking, insurance and finance 8,060 3.6 5,874 2.7 Entertainments and sports … … 11,155 15.4 7,331 10.9 Hotel, boarding house, club services … 43,316 13.2 26,863 8.6 Laundries, dyeing and dry cleaning … 8,392 6.3 4,722 3.7 Total … … … … 546,648 11.5 397,273 8.6