§ Mr. Lyonsasked the minister of labour whether he will indicate the course of
(a) The numbers of insured persons, aged 16–64 years, recorded as unemployed in the principal industries at 26th July and 23rd August, 1937, and (b) These numbers expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers insured at July, 1936. — 26th July, 1937. 23rd August, 1937. Number. Per cent. Number. Per cent. Building 600 7.9 576 7.6 General Engineering, etc. 241 2.3 231 2.2 Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding 119 3.4 114 3.3 Hosiery 1,831 5.9 2,172 7.0 Boots, Shoes, etc. 2,698 13.7 2,305 11.7 Distributive Trades 838 5.7 841 5.7 All other industries and services 2,790 7.8 2,869 8.0 Total, all industries and services 9,117 7.4 9,108 7.4 NOTE.—The figures given in the Table above are exclusive of insured agricultural workers; the numbers of such workers, aged 16–64, recorded as unemployed at the Leicester Employment Exchange at 26th July and 23rd August, 1937, were 52 and 59, respectively.