§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Labour the number of insured persons, employed and unemployed, in the engineering, coal and textile industries, respectively, within the areas of the 5W Aspull, Blackrod, Horwich, Hindley and Westhoughton urban districts separately, on the most convenient date for the years 1923, 1929 and 1933?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONFigures showing the numbers of insured persons recorded as unemployed at the Employment Exchanges at Horwich, Hindley and Westhoughton, on October, 1923,6W October, 1929, and October, 1933, are being extracted, and I will supply them when ready to the hon. Member. Similar figures are not available for local authority areas. There is no Employment Exchange at Aspull or Blackrod. I regret that comparable figures as to the numbers in employment in these industries and districts are not available.