§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDasked the Minister of Labour what was the debt on the Unemployment Fund at 1st January, 1924, 1st November, 1924, 1st July, 1925, 1st May, 1926, 1st January, 1927, 1st July, 1927, 1st January, 1928, 1st July, 1928, 1st January, 1929, 1st June, 1929, 1st July, 1929, 1st November, 1929, 1st January, 1930, 1st March, 1930, and the latest date for which figures are available?
Miss BONDFIEILDThe debt of the Unemployment Fund to the Treasury at the dates referred to was:
£ 1st January, 1924 … 12,790,000 1st November, 1924 … 5,060,000 1st July, 1925 … 8,100,000 1st May, 1926 … 7,470,000 1st January, 1927 … 22,640,000 1st July, 1927 … 23,970,000 1st January, 1928 … 23,180,000 1st July, 1928 … 25,680,000 1st January, 1929 … 31,720,000 1st June, 1929 … 36,870,000 1st July, 1929 … 36,620,000 1st November, 1929 … 36,640,000 1st January, 1930 … 37,850,000 1st March, 1930 … 37,200,000 22nd March, 1930 … 37,680,000
WEEKLY average number of persons on the registers of the Lincoln Employment Exchange in each month from January, 1921, to February, 1930, inclusive. Month. 1921. 1922. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. January … … 3,696 7,921 4,868 4,277 2,959 2,300 2,697 2,298 2,478 3,514 February … … 4,870 7,619 4,536 3,977 3,067 2,168 2,415 2,187 2,474 3,488 March … … 5,728 7,351 4,275 3,278 2,859 2,091 2,120 1,963 2,117 — April … … 6,722 6,680 3,819 3,004 2,752 1,990 1,875 1,803 1,898 — May … … 8,168 6,267 3,349 3,069 2,823 2,251 1,657 1,641 1,856 — June … … 8,761 6,751 3,247 2,929 2,528 2,519 1,567 1,612 1,882 — July … … 6,639 6,696 3,281 2,785 2,412 2,607 1,663 1,691 2,014 — August … … 5,749 5,484 3,513 2,723 2,570 2,706 1,611 1,879 2,086 — September … … 5,914 5,680 3.837 2,860 2,630 2,763 1,625 1,974 2,368 — October … … 6,054 5,430 3,868 2,819 2,283 2,753 1,629 1,795 2,353 — November … … 6,606 5,257 3,933 2,895 2,201 2,887 1,798 2,003 2,405 — December … … 7,789 5,039 4,105 2,782 2,145 2,834 1,903 2,209 2,701 —