Mr. WEST RUSSELLasked the Minister of Labour the numbers registered as unemployed at the North Shields Employment Exchange in January, 1929, January, 1930, May, 1929, and May, 1930, nearest comparable dates, respectively; and the trades and categories of the various persons so registered at these respective dates?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe following table shows the numbers of persons on816W the registers of the Employment Exchange at North Shields at various dates:
Date. Number on Register. 6th January, 1930 3,626 13th January, 1930 3,732 20th January, 1930 3,773 27th January, 1930 3,921 7th January, 1929 4,045 14th January, 1929 4,096 21st January, 1929 4,202 28th January, 1929 4,245 5th May, 1930 3,898 12th May, 1930 4,068 6th May, 1929 3,309 13th May, 1929 3,254 The industries in which the greatest number of insured persons were recorded as unemployed at each of these dates were:—Shipbuilding; Shipping Service; Coal Mining; Distributive trades; dock, river and harbour service; and the building industry.