§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Labour how many persons were unemployed and the percentages of the 2005W total insured population in the urban council areas of Aspull, Blackrod, Hindley, Horwich, and Westhoughton, respectively, at the most convenient date?
Mr. STANLEYThe 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:
Separate figures are not available for Aspull and Blackrod.
Per cent. Hindley … … 36.0 Horwich … … 15.4 Westhoughton … … 37.7