§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Minister of Labour whether he will indicate the course of employment in the city of Leicester by industries, numbers, and percentages for 1601W the months of April and May, 1937, respectively?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe available figures relate to the area served by the Leicester Employment Exchange and Juvenile Employment Bureau. The following table
— 19th April, 1937. 24th May, 1937. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. Building … 610 8.1 532 7.0 General Engineering, etc. … 262 2.4 232 2.2 Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding … 130 3.8 118 3.4 Hosiery … 2,734 8.8 2,462 7.9 Boots, Shoes, etc. … 1,569 8.0 2,697 13.7 Distributive Trades … 872 6.0 755 5.2 All other industries and services … 2,466 6.9 2,529 7.0 Total, all industries and services 8,643 7.0 9,325 7.6 NOTE.—The figures given in the table are exclusive of agricultural workers; the numbers of such workers, aged 16–64, recorded as unemployed at the Leicester Employment Exchange at 19th April, 1937, and at 24th May, 1937, were 37 and 40, respectively.