TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.

HC Deb 30 June 1931 vol 254 cc1078-9W

Viscountess ASTOR

asked the Minister of Labour if she will state the number of women unemployed in the textile industries on 1st May, 1931, or on the

INSURED WOMEN AND GIRLS in the Textile Industries. Classifications recorded as Unemployed in Great Britain.
——	21st May, 1928.	27th May, 1929.	26th May, 1930.	18th May, 1931
Women:
Wholly Unemployed	…	…	23,353	36,207	102,614	155,042
Temporarily Stopped	…	…	40,296	51,714	129,322	96,723
Total	…	…	63,649	87,921	231,936	251,765
Girls:
Wholly Unemployed	…	…	822	982	3,088	3,925
Temporarily Stopped	…	…	1,672	2,424	7,779	5,216
Total	…	…	2,494	3,406	10,867	9,141
Total:
Wholly Unemployed	…	…	24,175	37,189	105,702	158,967
Temporarily Stopped	…	…	41,968	54,138	137,101	101,939
Total	…	…	66,143	91,327	242,803	260,906