HC Deb 21 April 1932 vol 264 cc1641-2W
Mr. TINKER

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in training centres; the number of staff at the

Type of Centre. Mid April, 1932. Mid September, 1931.
Number in training. Number of staff. Number in training. Number of staff.
Government Training Centres 2,229 433 3,076 533
Transfer Instructional Centres 605 155 1,394 240
Home Training Centres (Central Committee on Women's Training and Employment). 1,052 129 1,057 142
Total 3,886 717 5,527 915

of people registered as unemployed for the same periods, giving separate figures for men and women?

Mr. HUDSON

Estimates of the numbers of persons insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts in the various Employment Exchange areas are available in respect of July only in each year. The numbers of insured persons in the area of the Wigan Employment Exchange at July, 1931, were as follow:

Men … … 28,590
Women … … 11,890
Juveniles … … 3,350
Total … … 43,830

The following table shows the numbers of insured persons recorded as unemployed at that Exchange in January, February and March of 1931 and 1932:

present time; and the figures for September, 1931?

Mr. HUDSON

The figures for centres conducted by or on behalf of the Ministry of Labour are as follow:

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