§ Mr. LYONSasked the Minister of Labour whether he can give the figures of unemployment in the boot and shoe industry for the whole country and for the city of Leicester, respectively, at the last convenient date?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe table below shows the numbers of insured persons in the boot, shoe, etc., industry, recorded as unemployed (a) in Great Britain and (b) at Leicester at 21st September, 1936. The figures cover boot, shoe, slipper and clog manufacture and repairing. Separate statistics are not available for boot and shoe manufacture.
— Great Britain. Leicester. Aged 16 to 64 years: Wholly Unemployed 9,475 1,585 Temporarily Stopped 6,063 907 Aged 14 and 15 years* 233 3 * Separate statistics of the numbers wholly unemployed and temporarily stopped are not available for juveniles under 16 years of age.