HC Deb 01 July 1935 vol 303 cc1536-8W
Captain FULLER

asked the Minister of Labour how many men and women between the ages of 60 and 65 are employed in insured occupations and how many are unemployed, to the latest available date?

Mr. E. BROWN

The latest date for which particulars of the numbers insured, in this age-group, are at present available is the year 1932. From the results of a sample inquiry of 1 in 300 of the insured population it was estimated that the numbers of persons between the ages of 60 and 65 years, insured against unemployment at July, 1932, were approximately 428,000 men and 35,000 women, of whom about 137,000 men and 6,000 women

Numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of the undermentioned Employment Exchange at the dates specified.
Date. Men. Boys aged 14 and under 18. Women. Girls aged 14 and under 18. Total.
Aged 21 years and over. Aged 18 and under 21. Aged 21 years and over. Aged 18 and under 21.
1935. Ayr Employment Exchange.
28th January 2,360 148 112 286 88 117 3,111
25th February 2,294 146 102 263 98 118 3,021
25th March 2,104 144 83 273 83 94 2,781
15th April 2,006 134 88 352 100 123 2,803
20th May 1,974 141 78 288 84 93 2,658
Troon Employment Exchange.
28th January 409 24 5 64 19 17 538
25th February 427 28 8 56 19 15 553
25th March 307 22 8 62 24 13 436
15th April 268 13 4 57 23 21 386
20th May 270 12 2 51 12 14 361
Irvine Employment Exchange.
28th January 1,311 64 63 111 57 54 1,660
25th February 1,251 76 64 147 64 70 1,672
25th March 1,191 64 59 109 43 62 1,528
15th April 1,182 57 56 114 51 65 1,525
20th May 1,135 60 55 116 49 70 1,485
Ardrossan Employment Exchange.
28th January 699 58 44 88 29 58 976
25th February 682 62 40 90 23 40 937
25th March 628 54 30 93 29 47 881
15th April 617 68 29 77 26 35 852
20th May 586 50 42 70 28 40 816
Separate figures for Prestwick and Saltcoats are not available.

were unemployed claimants for benefit and transitional payments at 28th November, 1932.

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