§ Mr. T. Smithasked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he will state, in respect of each of the coal-mining, iron and steel, shipbuilding, docks and harbours, and shipping industries in South Wales, West Cumberland, Durham and Tyneside, Lancashire and Merseyside, the West of Scotland and Great Britain, the numbers of insured workers attached to the industry in July, 1923, 1936 and 1937; and the number and percentages of insured workers employed and unemployed, respectively, in June, 1923, 1936 and 1937, and in February, 1938;
553W(2) whether he will state for February, 1938, for each of the main groups of Special Areas in Great Britain and for each of the industrial regions of which they form part, the number of insured persons, the percentages of insured unemployed, the numbers of registered unemployed, distinguishing between wholly and other unemployed and between men, women and juveniles, and their periods of registered unemployment, on the lines of the table for Great Britain given in the Ministry of Labour Gazette?
§ Mr. E. BrownI am having the available figures extracted and will circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.