HC Deb 08 November 1933 vol 281 c184W
Mr. T. SMITH

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed on the latest available date in October, 1933, and on the same date in 1932 and 1931 at Castleford and Pontefract, repectively?

Mr. HUDSON

The following table gives the information desired.

Unemployed persons on the registers of the Castleford and Pontefract Employment Exchanges.
Date. Castleford. Pontefract.
23rd October, 1933 … 6,080 2,546
24th October, 1932 … 7,478 3,460
26th October, 1931 … 4,612 2,351