HC Deb 19 May 1931 vol 252 c1793W
Mr. G. MACDONALD

asked the Minister of Labour the official figure of unemployment in Great Britain and in Germany on 31st March, 1930, and on 31st March, 1931?

Miss BONDFIELD

The number of persons on the registers of the Employment Exchanges in Great Britain was 1,677,473 on 31st March, 1930, and 2,581,030 on 30th March, 1931. In Germany 3,040,797 persons were recorded by the German public Employment Exchanges as unemployed on 31st March, 1930, and 4,743,931 on 31st March, 1931.