Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Minister of Labour the latest figure for unemployment in the builders' woodwork industry, the glue industry, and the soap and confectionery industries?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe industries specified are not separately distinguished in the statistics of employment and unemployment derived from the working of the Unemployment Insurance Acts. The following table gives, however, for the industry groups in which they are included, the numbers of insured persons recorded as unemployed in Great Britain at 24th October, 1932.
Industry. Number. Sawmilling and machined woodwork 11,841 Manufacture of oil, glue, soap, polish, ink, matches, etc. 9,991 Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery 8,546