HC Deb 18 April 1935 vol 300 cc2004-5W
Mr. RHYS DAVIES

asked the Minister of Labour how many persons were unemployed and the percentages of the total insured population in the urban council areas of Aspull, Blackrod, Hindley, Horwich, and Westhoughton, respectively, at the most convenient date?

Mr. STANLEY

The available statistics relate to employment exchange areas and not to local authority areas. The numbers of unemployed persons, aged 14 years and over (insured and uninsured), on the registers of the Hindley, Horwich and Westhoughton employment exchanges at 25th March, 1935, were as follow:

Hindley 2,586
Horwich 1,176
Westhoughton 1,690

Among insured persons, aged 16 to 64, within the area of these exchanges, the proportions recorded as unemployed at 25th March, 1935, were:

Per cent.
Hindley 36.0
Horwich 15.4
Westhoughton 37.7
Separate figures are not available for Aspull and Blackrod.