§ Mr. LONGDENasked the Minister of Labour how many coal miners were in receipt of unemployment benefit at 30th January of each of the following years: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930?
§ Miss BONDFIELDStatistics of the numbers actually in receipt of benefit are not available. The following table gives the numbers, of unemployed insured persons in the coal mining industry classification who had claims to benefit current in Great Britain towards the end of January in each of the years 1924 to 1931, inclusive. Comparable figures are not available for the years 1920 to 1923, inclusive.
Date. Number of claimants for benefit. Aged 16 and over. 28th January, 1924 … … 55,825 26th January, 1925 … … 97,085 25th January, 1926 … … 120,161 24th January, 1927 … … 193,682 Aged 16 to 64. 23rd January, 1928 … … 204,078 21st January, 1929 … … 201,799 27th January, 1930 … … 127,798 26th January, 1931 … … 202,912