§ Mr. DAYasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of unemployed men, women, and juveniles in the Borough of Southwark as at the last convenient date?
Numbers of insured persons, aged 16 to 64, recorded as unemployed in September and October, 1935, in the principal industries in Leicester, and those numbers expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers insured at July, 1935. Industry. 23rd September, 1935. 21st October, 1935. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. Building … … … … … 473 6.6 460 6.5 General Engineering, etc. … … … 315 3.2 277 2.8 Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding … 158 4.7 139 4.1 Hosiery … … … … … 1,815 6.0 998 3.3 Boot, Shoes, etc. … … … … 3,235 16.5 2,780 14.1 Distributive Trades … … … 963 7.0 910 6.6 All other industries and services … … 3,134 8.9 2,783 7.9 Total: All industries and services … 10,093 8.5 8,347 7.0