§ Mr. CLUSEasked the Minister of Labour whether she can supply for any given recent date additional figures respecting the number of persons wholly on the registers of the Employment Exchanges in Great Britain, showing the number who, at that given date, have been continually out of work for three months and the number who have been continually out of work for five months?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe latest available figures giving an analysis of this kind relate to 16th September, 1929, and were published on pages 6 to 8 of the
Persons on the Registers of the Chatham Employment Exchange. Date. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. 28th April, 1930 … … … 2,959 185 355 291 3,790 29th April, 1929 … … … 2,099 277 241 328 2,945 During the period 30th April, 1929, to 28th April, 1930, 64 men were transferred from depressed areas to employment in the area of this Exchange.