Sir F. HALLasked the Minister of Labour what was the number of vacant jobs of which the Employment Exchanges in Great Britain had particulars on 31st January, 1928, 1929, and 1930, respectively; and what were the total numbers of registered unemployed on the same dates?
§ Miss BONDFIELD, pursuant to her reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 7th May; col. 532, Vol. 252], supplied the following table.
Number of vacancies notified to Employment Exchanges at certain dates and the numbers of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges at those dates:
Date. Vacancies notified during previous week. Persons on the Registers. 30th January, 1928 … 27,575 1,168,941 28th January, 1929 … 30,050 1,394,078 27th January, 1930 … 41,896 1,491,519