§ Mr. LYONSasked the Minister of Labour whether he will indicate the course of employment in the City of Leicester by industries, numbers, and percentages, respectively, for the months of July, August, and September, 1936?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe available figures relate to the area served by the Leicester 37W Employment Exchange and Juvenile Employment Bureau. The following table shows for this area (a) the numbers of insured persons, aged 16 to 64 years, recorded as unemployed in the principal
Industry. 20th July, 1936. 24th August, 1936. 21st September, 1936. Number. * Per cent. Number. * Per cent. Number. * Per cent. Building 432 6.1 387 5.4 408 5.7 General Engineering, etc. 224 2.2 277 2.8 242 2.4 Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding. 149 4.4 127 3.8 136 4.0 Hosiery 1,870 6.2 2,093 7.0 2,264 7.5 Boots, Shoes, etc. 4,045 20.6 3,127 15.9 2,492 12.7 Distributive Trades 810 5.9 928 6.7 876 6.3 All other industries and services. 2,638 7.5 2,654 7.5 2,506 7.1 Total, all industries and services. 10,168 8.5 9,593 8.0 8,924 7.5 * These percentages may be subject to revision when particulars become available as to the numbers insured at July, 1936, based on the information obtained from the general exchange of unemployment books beginning in that month.