§ Mr. LYONSasked the Minister of of Labour whether he will indicate the course of employment in the city of Leicester by industries, percentages and 1219W numbers, respectively, for the month of June, 1936?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe available figures relate to the area served by the Leicester Employment Exchange and Juvenile Employment Bureau. The following table gives the information desired for this area:—
Numbers of insured persons, aged 16 to 64 years, recorded as unemployed at 22nd June, 1936, in the principal industries in Leicester, and these numbers expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers insured at July, 1935. Industry. Number Per cent. Building 409 5.7 General Engineering, etc. 255 2.6 Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding. 153 4.6 Hosiery 2,211 7.4 Boot, shoes, etc. 3,433 17.5 Distributive Trades 791 5.7 All other industries and services. 2,499 7.1 Total, all industries and services. 9,751 8.2