§ Mr. DINGLE FOOTasked the Minister of Labour the figures of unemployment in the jute industry in each of the months January to April, 1935, and also the figures for the corresponding months in each of the last eight years?
Mr. STANLEYThe following table gives the information required:
Number of insured persons recorded as unemployed in the Jute industry in Great Britain at a date towards the end of each of the mouths specified.* Year. Jan. Feb. March. April. 1935 8,771 8,772 8,673 8,813 1934 9,057 10,282 9,834 10,710 1933 14,026 14,078 14,154 15,252 1932 14,618 16,220 16,329 18,964 1931 21,713 21,952 21,502 19,186 1930 7,092 7,721 12,465 14,080 1929 4,262 3,720 4,004 4,378 1928 2,357 2,347 2,502 3,041 1927 4,557 3,943 3,434 2,938 * The figures for 1927 relate to persons aged 16 years and over; those for subsequent years to persons aged 16 to 64.