HC Deb 25 February 1932 vol 262 c576W
Mr. McENTEE

asked the Minister of Labour the number of clerks unemployed in the London area; and whether any of the clerks in his Department are working overtime for the Revenue Department in connection with the Income Tax?

Sir H. BETTERTON

At 25th January, 1932, there were 13,111 wholly unemployed men and women on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the London Division who were applicants for work as clerks, book-keepers and cashiers. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.