HC Deb 23 November 1937 vol 329 cc1050-2W
Major Carver

asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the official announcement on 13th September that there were 20,097 agricultural workers between 14 and 64 years of age reported as unemployed, he can state the exact subdivision of these figures by counties?

Mr. E. Brown

, pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 11th November, 1937; col. 1817, Vol. 328), supplied the following statement

The table below shows the number of persons, aged 14–64, insured under the agricultural scheme of unemployment insurance, who were recorded as unemployed at 13th September, 1937, in each of the counties in Great Britain. The figures include private gardeners.

County. Total.
Bedfordshire … 55
Berkshire … 251
Buckinghamshire … 85
Cambridgeshire … 323
Cheshire … 581
Cornwall … 487
Cumberland … 460
Derbyshire … 221
Devonshire … 298
Dorsetshire … 139
Durham … 610
Essex … 588
Gloucestershire … 319
Hampshire … 318
Herefordshire … 182
Hertfordshire … 274
Huntingdonshire … 29
Kent … 537
Lancashire … 1,413
Leicestershire … 207
Lincolnshire … 608
London … 141
Middlesex … 357
Norfolk … 793
Northamptonshire … 152
Northumberland … 412
Nottinghamshire … 391
Oxfordshire … 97
Rutlandshire … 8
Shropshire … 313
Somersetshire … 419
Staffordshire … 312
Suffolk … 621
Surrey … 194
Sussex … 182
Warwickshire … 162
Westmorland … 35
Wiltshire … 155
Worcestershire … 168
Yorkshire … 1,452
England … 14,349
Aberdeenshire … 204
Angus … 344
Argyllshire … 113
Ayrshire … 335
Banffshire … 53
Berwickshire … 16
Buteshire … 9
County. Total
Caithness-shire and Suthterland … 63
Clackmannanshire … 16
Dumbartonshire … 126
Dumfriesshire … 126
East Lothian … 27
Fifeshire … 177
Inverness-shire … 138
Kincardineshire … 39
Kinross-shire … 14
Kirkcudbrightshire … 25
Lanarkshire … 815
Midlothian … 266
Morayshire … 101
Nairnshire … 8
Orkney … 5
Peeblesshire … 8
Perthshire … 186
Renfrewshire … 138
Ross and Cromarty … 62
Roxburghshire … 26
Selkirkshire … 19
Stirlingshire … 99
West Lothian … 90
Wigtownshire … 77
Zetland … 7
Scotland … 3,732
Anglesey … 194
Brecknockshire … 71
Cardiganshire … 186
Caernarvonshire … 166
Carmarthenshire … 105
Denbighshire … 235
Flintshire … 112
Giamorganshire … 268
Merionethshire … 81
Monmouthshire … 259
Montgomeryshire … 99
Pembrokeshire … 225
Radnorshire … 15
Wales and Monmouth 2,016
GREAT BRITAIN 20,097