Mr. DAVID ADAMSasked the Minister of Labour the percentage of unemployed insured persons on registers at employment exchanges for the month of May, 1936, in Great Britain, England, and the county of Durham, respectively, and the respective percentages in the administrative county of Durham of the undernoted centres, namely, Bishop Auckland, Cock-field, Crook, East Boldon, Felling, Jarrow and Hebburn, Lanchester, Shildon, and Spennymoor?
§ Mr. E. BROWNWhile statistics as to the numbers of insured persons recorded as unemployed are regularly compiled, at monthly intervals, for each of the areas covered by the local offices of the Ministry of Labour, estimates of the total numbers of insured persons in those areas can be made only once a year, on the basis of the information obtained from the annual exchange of unemployment books, in July. As considerable changes in the numbers insured, especially among juveniles, may have taken place in some districts since July, 1935, exact percentages of unemployment cannot be computed for any recent date. The following figures, however, show the percentages obtained if the numbers of insured persons, aged 16 and under 65 years, recorded as unemployed at 25th May, 1936, are related to the estimated numbers insured at July, 1935:818W
Per cent. Great Britain 12.8 England (excluding Monmouthshire) 11.3 County of Durham 25.4 *†Bishop Auckland 41.2 ‡Cockfield 35.3 *Crook 33.8 ‡East Boldon 33.2 Felling 24.4 Jarrow and Hebburn 36.5 ‡Lanchester 33.8 ‡Shildon 41.8 Spennymoor 26.8 * The figures for these areas include juveniles from other areas. † The figures for Bishop Auckland include men from depressed areas who are attending an Instructional Centre. ‡ Figures for juveniles in these areas are included with those in other areas.