§ Mr. DAYasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed persons registered at the Walworth Road, Borough, Employment Exchange either wholly or temporarily stopped as at the last convenient date, giving the comparable figures for the same period, 1930?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe following table gives the information desired:
since 1st June, 1929, the number of men employed on schemes of road work assisted by the Ministry of Transport and the Unemployment Grants Committee was about 43,000. The remainder were employed on other schemes assisted by the Unemployment Grants Committee, for particulars of which I would refer the right hon. Member to the Committee's last report (Cmd. 3744), on schemes undertaken by railway companies and public utility undertakings with assistance under Part I of the Development (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act, 1929, or on land drainage and other miscellaneous schemes.