§ Dr. O'DONOVANasked the Minister
of Labour whether he will report on the present position of employment in the area served by the Stepney Employment Exchange as compared with a year ago?
Mr. STANLEYThe best available statistics showing the position of employment in this area are the percentage rates of unemployment among residents in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. The numbers of unemployed persons, resident in Stepney, on the registers of Employment Exchanges, expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers aged 16 to 64, insured in the borough, were 11.8 at 25th February, 1935, and 12.0 at 19th February, 1934.